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| PARNELL LYING IN STATE, DUBLIN. -The artist in this sketch has grouped the effigies of the two greatest parliamentary leaders and organizers that Ireland boasts of. Henry Grattan, while a peerless orator, was not practical in his methods. In point of polished eloquence, although not in the art of popular oratory, he excelled O'Connell and soared immeasurably above Parnell, who was, until the last few years of his career, a very mediocre public speaker; but Grattan lamentably deficient in the power of organization, which both O'Connell and Parnell possessed in an unusual degree. We have already alluded, in another place, to the sorrowful tragedy of Parnell's premature death, and we have also dealt with the noble statue of the Catholic Emancipator, which is seen in the picture. Parnell lay in state in the Dublin City Hall for several days after his death, and the people were allowed to file through the corridors and take a last look at the features of their immortal leader. Dublin, in particular, remained true to Parnell, even after his great misfortune, and the Irish capital deserves high honor for the noble fidelity displayed at that time by its gallant sons and fair daughters. No doubt someday in the near future, another leader, even greater than O'Connell or Parnell, will arise to lead Ireland to that goal of liberty so passionately struggled for through ages of sacrifice and disappointment. |
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