Northern Ireland Railways

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    “In civilization, as in a southern latitude, man degenerates at length, and yields to the incursion of more northern tribes.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “There is no topic ... more soporific and generally boring than the topic of Ireland as Ireland, as a nation.”
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

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    —H.G. (Herbert George)