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Footnotes for Chapter IX.
[1] This article originally appeared in 'Good Words.' A
biography of Charles Bianconi, by his daughter, Mrs. Morgan John
O'Connell, has since been published; but the above article is
thought worthy of republication, as its contents were for the
most part taken principally from Mr. Bianconi's own lips.
[2] Minutes of Evidence taken before the Select Committee on
Postage (Second Report), 1838, p. 284.
[3] Evidence before the Select Committee on Postage, 1838.
[4] Hall's 'Ireland,' ii. 76.
[5] Paper read before the British Association at Cork, 1843.
CHAPTER X.
INDUSTRY IN IRELAND: THROUGH CONNAUGHT AND ULSTER, TO BELFAST.
"The Irish people have a past to boast of, and a future to
create."--J. F. O'Carrol.
"One of the great questions is how to find an outlet for Irish
manufactures. We ought to be an exporting nation, or we never
will be able to compete successfully with our trade rivals."--E.
D. Gray.
"Ireland may become a Nation again, if we all sacrifice our
parricidal passions, prejudices, and resentments on the altar of
our country. Then shall your manufactures flourish, and Ireland
be free."--Daniel O'Connell.
Further communications passed between my young friend, the
Italian count, and his father; and the result was that he
accompanied me to Ireland, on the express understanding that he
was to send home a letter daily by post assuring his friends of
his safety.
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