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           HisadvicetoeveryIrishmanwas:stayinthelandofyourbirthandworkforIrelandandliveforIreland.Ireland,Parnellsaid,couldnotspareasingleoneofhersons.

           Silenceallroundmarkedtheterminationofhisfinale.Theimperviousnavigatorheardtheseluridtidings,undismayed.

           —Takeabitofdoing,boss,retaliatedthatroughdiamondpalpablyabitpeevedinresponsetotheforegoingtruism.

           Towhichcolddouchereferringtodownfallandsoonthekeeperconcurredbutneverthelessheldtohismainview.

           —Who’sthebesttroopsinthearmy?thegrizzledoldveteraniratelyinterrogated.Andthebestjumpersandracers?Andthebestadmiralsandgeneralswe’vegot?Tellmethat.

           —TheIrish,forchoice,retortedthecabbylikeCampbell,facialblemishesapart.

           —That’sright,theoldtarpaulincorroborated.TheIrishcatholicpeasant.He’sthebackboneofourempire.YouknowJemMullins?

           Whileallowinghimhisindividualopinionsaseverymanthekeeperaddedhecarednothingforanyempire,oursorhis,andconsiderednoIrishmanworthyofhissaltthatservedit.Thentheybegantohaveafewirasciblewordswhenitwaxedhotter,both,needlesstosay,appealingtothelistenerswhofollowedthepassageofarmswithinterestsolongastheydidn’tindulgeinrecriminationsandcometoblows.