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Of the men who first knew and loved the land which lies round Lough Cutra we know nothing. They have passed into the night and left no sign. Grey recumbent tombs of the dead in desert places, Standing stones on the vacant wine-red moor these are all that remain to tell us of the silent vanished races ,of a long succession of men and women, whose blood, perchance, may flow in living veins, but who have left no memorial, and are perished as though they had never been .U nder these mysterious stones may have lain the bones of men whose courage saved a people, or whose ambition was realized only at the cost of human suffering none the less real that it has been for centuries forgotten. The reward of their fame is this immemorial stone, which records nothing beyond the simple fact that men have lived and died. Antiquaries may dispute what manner of men they were, but the argument will not even attempt to go beyond the technical terms which, being interpreted, conjure up for us some dim picture of vague racial characteristics.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)
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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.
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