...writes Tacitus, " is ever the language of the slave." " A nation," says an Irish writer, Thomas Davis, " should guard its language more than its territories — 'tis a surer barrier and more important frontier than fortress or river. To lose one's native tongue and learn that of the...

...1833. ©ctobcr 14 Thomas Davis born, 1814. ©ctobtr 15 Lord Edward Fitzgerald born, 1763. Octobcr 1 6 " A people without a language of its own is only half...more than its territories — 'tis a surer barrier, and more important frontier, than fortress or river." — THOMAS DAVIS. " Dear Lord, my cold heart...

...manhood, and for its age, and when the language of its cradle goes, itself craves a tomb." And again : "A nation should guard its language more than its territories, — 'tis a surer barrier and a stronger frontier than fortress or river." The language and the mind of Ireland mutually reacted...

...manhood, and for its age, and when the language of its cradle goes, itself craves a tomb.' And again: 'A nation should guard its language more than its territories — 'tis a surer barrier and a stronger frontier than f cruets or river.' "The language and the mind of Ireland mutually reacted...

...conducted by English influence and to England's profit. Thomas Davis, the poet and patriot of 1848, wrote: "A people without a language of its own is only half...should guard its language more than its territories; it is a surer barrier and a more important frontier than fortress or river." I think I have a fair...

...and co-tillage land — for without these a country cannot support itself in peace and social union." A people without a language of its own is only half...more than its territories — 'tis a surer barrier, and more important frontier, than fortress or river. Who had dared to propose the adoption of Persian...

...other language on auch a people la to send their history adrift amongst the accident of translations. A people without a language of its own is only half a nation. A nation should guard its language. After having made the history of the Irish language, its troubles and struggles, Mr. Davis concludes...

...Irish members of other parties is slightly higher. t Fifty years earlier Thomas Davis had written : ' A people without a language of its own is only half a nation.' t 'The Pope's Green Island,' London, 1912, p. 55. of the new movement — men like Mr. Eoin MacNeill...

...manhood, and for its age, and when the language of its cradle goes, itself craves a tomb." And agaiu : " A nation should guard its language more than its territories, — 'tis a surer barrier and a stronger frontier than fortress or river." The language and the mind of Ireland mutually reacted...

...there was of course only one possible defence. And that, as Davis had asserted, was the Irish language: A people without a language of its own is only half...guard its language more than its territories - 'tis a sure barrier, and more important frontier, than fortress or river. (Davis 1914: 99) This was a motif...