Standish O'Grady; selected essays and passages

226 STANDISH O'gRADY
patriotic spirit and class spirit, of a conscience not seared,
of a soul not altogether dead in your trespasses and sins.
To you, here and there over Ireland, or outside Ireland,
and though but one, or two, or three, I would now address
myself, and especially to the young, whose hearts are not
yet hardened by contact with the rest or worn out by that
grinding attrition.