independence of Ireland, and they stand for nothing else. In
the English Empire they have no part or lot, and they wish to
have no part or lot. We stand for the Irish nation, free
and independent and outside the English Empire."--(_Irish
Freedom_.)

"Our aim is the establishment of an Irish Republic, for the
simple and sole reason that no other ending of our quarrel
with England could be either adequate or final. This is the
one central and vital point of agreement among all who are
worthy of the name of Irish Nationalists--that Ireland is
a separate nation--separate in thought, mind, in ideals and
outlooks. Come what may, we work for Ireland as separate from
England as Germany is separate."--(Ib.)

"Year by year the pilgrimage to the grave of Theobald Wolfe
Tone grows more significant of the rising tide of militant and
uncompromising Nationalism, more significant of the fact that
Young Ireland has turned away from the false thing that has
passed for patriotism, and has begun to reverence only the
men and the things and the memories that stand for Ireland an
independent nation. Paying tribute to the memory of men
like Tone, lifting up the language of Ireland from the mire,
linking up the present with the old days of true patriotic
endeavour--these are the doings that will eventually bring our
land from the mazes of humbug into the clear dawn that heralds
Nationhood."--(_The Leinster Leader_.)

"The object aimed at by the advanced National party is the
recovery of Ireland's national independence and the severance