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Douglas Hyde [1860-1949] Irish
Rank: 104
Politician, Former President of Ireland


Douglas Ross Hyde, known as An Craoibhín Aoibhinn, was an Irish academic, linguist, and scholar of the Irish language who served as the first President of Ireland from 1938-45.

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As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power. Power
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Every crag and gnarled tree and lonely valley has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.
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I do not share the wish to see my language dead and decently buried.
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I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic countrymen and disliked the English nation; it is a national trait of character, and I cannot help it.
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It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish.
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