The Nationalists were the only minority that ever succeeded in twisting the whole British Parliament sharply out of its path.

The Irish peasants are the only poor men in these islands who have forced their masters to disgorge.

These people, whom we call priest-ridden, are the only Britons who will not be squire-ridden.

And when I came to look at the actual Irish character, the case was the same.

Irishmen are best at the specially _hard_ professions--the trades of iron, the lawyer, and the soldier.