"I am firmly convinced that the conduct of the Irish in America has been strongly influential in winning for those at home that moral support which comes from the sympathy of strangers to the blood, and which is in itself almost as valuable as the material assistance which has been so lavishly bestowed."
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Democratic Party (United States) politiciansImmigrants to the United StatesMayors of New York CityCatholics from Ireland
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The Irish in America (1886)
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William Russell Grace
William Russell Grace (May 10, 1832 – March 21, 1904) was an Irish-American politician.
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