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The Framework of Home Rule

By Erskine Childers

2020-04-20 19:38:54

The Framework of Home Rule by Erskine Childers My purpose in this volume is to advocate a definite scheme of self-government for Ireland. That task necessarily involves an historical as well as a constructive argument. It would be truer, perhaps, to ... Read more
The Framework of Home Rule by Erskine Childers My purpose in this volume is to advocate a definite scheme of self-government for Ireland. That task necessarily involves an historical as well as a constructive argument. It would be truer, perhaps, to say that the greater part of the constructive case for Home Rule must necessarily be historical. To postulate a vague acceptance of the principle of Home Rule, and to proceed at once to the details of the Irish Constitution, would be a waste of time and labour. It is impossible even to attempt to plan the framework of a Home Rule Bill without a tolerably close knowledge not only of Anglo-Irish relations, but of the Imperial history of which they form a part. The Act will succeed exactly in so far as it gives effect to the lessons of experience. Less

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File size380.027 KB
Print pages354
PublisherPublic Domain Book
Publication date2019-02-20
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1722872304
Robert Erskine Childers DSC (25 June 1870 – 24 Nov 1922), universally known as Erskine Childers, was a British-born Irish writer, whose works included the influential novel The Riddle of the Sands. ...

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