[…] it may be impossible to convince them that the illegitimate power which they obtain, by degrading themselves, is a curse […]

He who can read a true book aright has an open sesame to audiences with the great and wise of all time.

The neutrality, however, causes some peculiar situations, such as that arising from the prohibition of uniforms other than those of the Eireann Defence Forces and the Diplomatic Corps. This would be simple if no one from Eire were a sailor, soldier, or airman in the British Forces, but thousands of them are, and as such they may not wear mufti unless on leave from the B.E.F.

[…] exchange me for a goat, / When I shall turn the business of my soul / To such exsufflicate and blown surmises […]