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- Ireland is a peculiar society in the sense that it was a nineteenth century society up to about 1970 and then it almost bypassed the…
- I belong to the middle class that grew up very influenced by the Catholic church. The people of the novel are from a more pagan…
- I feel I grew up in a different century than I live in. I think most of them are changes for the good.
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- That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed… — Timothy Garton Ash
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