I never heard of any man or officer in the battalion who would have desired to change its colonel; we were fortunate, and we knew it.

There was very little political discussion, and what there was turned chiefly on the question how far Redmond might be held to speak for Ireland.

So far as Redmond himself was concerned, I think there were few, if any, who did not count it an honour to meet him--and some who had never been won to him before were won to him for his brother's sake.
Looking back on it all, it is clear to me that a change wrought itself in that society.

I do not know one survivor of those men who does not desire that accomplishment should be given to the desire of those whom they led.

In not a few cases one might put the change higher; some opinions as to what was good for Ireland were profoundly affected.
Yet this also is true.