In 1889, I predict, the legislative stage of the Irish question will have arrived; and the union with England, which shall then… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
It has always been the aim of royalty and aristocracy to lower the individual liberty and independence of the common people. A… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
“Be silent and safe — silence never betrays you; Be true to your word and your work and your friend; Put least… — John Boyle O'Reilly Advice Copy Share Image
A good boxer, in striking the round blow, instead of loosening body and arm, gathers himself into a heap of muscularity and… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
For all time to come, the freedom and purity of the press are the test of national virtue and independence. No writer… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Putting prize-fighting altogether aside as one of the unavoidable evils attending on this manly exercise, the inestimable value of boxing as a… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
The Greeks were the first boxers. Pugilism appears to have been one of the earliest distinctions in play and exercise that appeared… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
Prize-Fighting is not the aim of boxing. This noble exercise ought not to be judged by the dishonesty or the low lives… — John Boyle O'Reilly Copy Share Image
With the advent of chivalry, the art of boxing waned. The evolution of feudal aristocracy, with other and widely different exercises, pastimes… — John Boyle O'Reilly Advent Copy Share Image
Every boy in a free country ought to be instructed in boxing, wrestling, and the use of weapons. Every young man ought… — John Boyle O'Reilly Boxing Copy Share Image
