"Of history and its consequences it may be said: "Those who can, gloat; those who can't, brood." Englishmen are born gloaters; Irishmen born brooders."

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People from DublinPolitical authorsHistorians from IrelandAuthors from IrelandDiplomats of Ireland
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To Katanga and Back: a UN Case History (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962) p. 31