But the peoples that saw the old empires rise and hold sway are represented now in their posterity; the tyrannies they knew are dead and done with.

The peoples endured; the empires perished; and the nations of the earth of this day will survive in posterity when the empires that now contend for mastery are gathered into the dust, with all dead, bad things.

We shall endure; and the measure of our faith will be the measure of our achievement and of the greatness of our future place.
V Is it not the dream of earnest men of all parties to have an end to our long war, a peace final and honourable, wherein the soul of the country can rest, revive and express itself; wherein poetry, music and art will pour out in uninterrupted joy, the joy of deliverance, flashing in splendour and superabundant in volume, evidence of long suppression?
This is the dream of us all.

But who can hope for this final peace while any part of our independence is denied?
For, while we are connected in any shape with the British Empire the connection implies some dependence; this cannot be gainsaid; and who is so foolish as to expect that there will be no collision with the British Parliament, while there is this connection implying dependence on the British Empire?
If such a one exists he goes against all experience and all history.

On either side of the connection will be two interests--the English interest and the Irish interest, and they will be always at variance.
Consider how parties within a single state are at variance, Conservatives and Radicals, in any country in Europe.