The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth--persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
Oh how I'd love to say, well it's just the everyday Irish philisophical attitude that all us Irish have it; but no, he was the product of a first class education and a fine mind.
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I thought about that for a minute, and now I'm uncomfortable.
Oh how I'd love to say, well it's just the everyday Irish philisophical attitude that all us Irish have it; but no, he was the product of a first class education and a fine mind.
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