Translated into terms of ethics it becomes that noble epigram of Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman's for which I would exchange a whole library of Gladstonian eloquence: "Good government is no substitute for self-government." In Ireland we have enjoyed neither.

Political subjection has mildewed our destiny, leaf and stem.

But were it not so, had we increased in wealth like Egypt, in population like Poland, the vital argument for autonomy would be neither weaker nor stronger.

Rich or poor, a man must be master of his own fate.
Poor or rich, a nation must be captain of her own soul.

In the suburban road in which you live there are probably at least a hundred other house-holds.