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Douglas Hyde Quotes
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Type:
Politician Quotes
Category:
Irish Politician Quotes
Date of Birth:
January 17, 1860
Date of Death:
July 12, 1949
Nationality:
Irish
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Douglas Hyde

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As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power.
Douglas Hyde

Every crag and gnarled tree and lonely valley has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.
Douglas Hyde

I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic countrymen and disliked the English nation; it is a national trait of character, and I cannot help it.
Douglas Hyde

I do not share the wish to see my language dead and decently buried.
Douglas Hyde

It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish.
Douglas Hyde



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