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title: "2 Gnarled Tree Quotes By Douglas Hyde"
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> [Every craggy and gnarled tree has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-hyde/every-craggy-and-gnarled-tree-has-its-own-strange-and-graceful-legend/)

[Douglas Hyde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-hyde/)

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> [Every crag and gnarled tree and lonely valley has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-hyde/every-crag-and-gnarled-tree-and-lonely-valley-has-its-own-strange-and/)

[Douglas Hyde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-hyde/)

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## More by Douglas Hyde

> [It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-hyde/it-is-a-most-disgraceful-shame-the-way-in-which-irishmen-are-brought/)

[Douglas Hyde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-hyde/)

> [Youth is a period of idealism. The Communists attract young people by appealing directly to that idealism. Too often, others have failed either to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-hyde/youth-is-a-period-of-idealism-the-communists-attract-young-people-by/)

[Douglas Hyde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-hyde/)

> [I do not share the wish to see my language dead and decently buried](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-hyde/i-do-not-share-the-wish-to-see-my-language-dead-and-decently-buried/)

[Douglas Hyde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-hyde/)

> [By Anglicising ourselves we have thrown away with a light heart the best claim we have upon the world's recognition of us as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-hyde/by-anglicising-ourselves-we-have-thrown-away-with-a-light-heart-the/)

[Douglas Hyde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-hyde/)

> [The Gaelic League is founded not upon hatred of England, but upon love of Ireland. Hatred is a negative passion; it is powerful -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-hyde/the-gaelic-league-is-founded-not-upon-hatred-of-england-but-upon-love/)

[Douglas Hyde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-hyde/)

> [I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-hyde/i-and-there-are-hundreds-of-thousands-of-irishmen-who-felt-on-this/)

[Douglas Hyde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-hyde/)

> [Every craggy and gnarled tree has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-hyde/every-craggy-and-gnarled-tree-has-its-own-strange-and-graceful-legend/)

[Douglas Hyde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-hyde/)

> [As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-hyde/as-our-language-wanes-and-dies-the-golden-legends-of-the-far-off/)

[Douglas Hyde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-hyde/)

> [Every crag and gnarled tree and lonely valley has its own strange and graceful legend attached to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-hyde/every-crag-and-gnarled-tree-and-lonely-valley-has-its-own-strange-and/)

[Douglas Hyde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/douglas-hyde/)

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