"In Ireland the inevitable never happens and the unexpected constantly occurs."
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quoted in W. B. Stanford and R. B. McDowell Mahaffy (1971)
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John Pentland Mahaffy
Sir John Pentland Mahaffy (26 February 1839 – 30 April 1919) was an Irish classical scholar.
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