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John Boyle O'Reilly

John Boyle O'Reilly (28 June 1844 – 10 August 1890) was an Irish poet, journalist, author and activist. As a youth in Ireland, he was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, or Fenians, for which he was transported to Western Australia. After escaping to the United States, he became a prominent spokesperson for the Irish community and culture, through his editorship of the Boston newspaper The Pilot, his prolific writing, and his lecture tours.

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Doubt is brother-devil to Despair.

Brother, Despair, Doubt

Too late we learn, a man must hold his friend Unjudged, accepted, trusted to the end.

Friendship, Learn, Man, Men, Real Friends, Trusted

How shall I a habit break? As you did that habit make, As you gathered, you must lose; As you yielded, now refuse, Thread by thread the strands we twist Till they bind us neck and wrist, Thread by thread the patient hand Must untwine ere free we stan

Bind, Free, Habit, Hands, Necks, Twists

The Greeks were the first boxers. Pugilism appears to have been one of the earliest distinctions in play and exercise that appeared between the Hellenes and their Asiatic fathers. The unarmed personal encounter was indicative of a sturdier manhood.

Appears, Boxers, Exercise, Father, Hellenes, Play

Well blest is he who has a dear one dead; A friend he has whose face will never change- A dear communion that will not grow strange; The anchor of a love is death.

Anchors, Blest, Dead, Death, Love Is, Strange

The world is large when its weary leagues two loving hearts divide; But the world is small when your enemy is loose on the other side.

Heart, Hearts, League, Loving, Two, Weary

Prize-Fighting is not the aim of boxing. This noble exercise ought not to be judged by the dishonesty or the low lives of too many of its professional followers. Let it stand alone, an athletic practice, on the same footing as boating or football.

Athletic, Boating, Exercise, Fighting, Football, Let

Loyalty is the greatest quality of the human heart.

Heart, Loyalty, Quality

When honor comes to you, be ready to take it; But reach not to seize it before it is near.

Honor, Reach, Ready, Take, Your Honor

Who heeds not experience, trust him not.

Experience, Heed, Heeds, Trust

The right word fitly spoken is a precious rarity.

Rarity, Right, Right Words, Spoken, Word

A dreamer lives forever, And a toiler dies in a day.

Day, Dies, Dream, Dreamer, Forever, Toiler

For peace do not hope; to be just you must break it. Still work for the minute and not for the year.

Break, Minute, Peace, Year, Years

Each heart holds the secret: 'Kindness' is the word.

Heart, Kindness, Secret, Word

For all time to come, the freedom and purity of the press are the test of national virtue and independence. No writer for the press, however humble, is free from the burden of keeping his purpose high and his integrity white.

Freedom, Humble, Integrity, Keeping, Virtue, White

They who see the Flying Dutchman never, never reach the shore.

Dutchman, Flying, Reach, Shore

And we who have toiled for freedom's law, have we sought for freedom's soul? Have we learned at last that human right is not a part but the whole?

Human, Law, Rights, Sought, Soul

Ireland is a fruitful mother of genius, but a barren nurse.

Barren, Genius, Ireland, Ireland And The Irish, Mother, Nurse

Be silent and safe-silence never betrays you.

Betrays, Safe, Silence, Silent

Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you, nor judge of a road till it draw to the end.

Draw, Ends, Judge, Judging, Praise, Till

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