Michael Collins Irish Leader/first D%C3%A1il

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    And thou, thou rich-haired youth of morn,
    And all thy subject life was born!
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    Our democracy, our culture, our whole way of life is a spectacular triumph of the blah. Why not have a political convention without politics to nominate a leader who’s out in front of nobody?... Maybe our national mindlessness is the very thing that keeps us from turning into one of those smelly European countries full of pseudo-reds and crypto-fascists and greens who dress like forest elves.
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