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proportions of English, Irish, and Scotch in the 

 British armies in those years : 



In 1830, English, 44,329 ; Irish, 42,897 ; Scotch, 13,800. 

 In 1840, ditto, 51,559 ; ditto, 41,218; ditto, 15,239. 



88. In 1861, the French Bishop, Dupanloup, in a 

 sermon at St. Roch, said : " Surely the nations of 

 Europe and humanity itself have reason to be proud 

 of the Irish race. I know no people around whom 

 their patriotism, their pure morals, their courageous 

 faith, their unconquerable fidelity, their bravery, 

 their disinterestedness . . . their poetry, their 

 eloquence, and all these noble qualities, though ever 

 persecuted, never cast down, exalted and crowned by 

 misfortune, have thrown a halo more captivating and 

 more sorrowful." 



89. In February, 1867, Lord Dufferin wrote to the 

 Times: "Ireland is a lovely and fertile island, 

 inhabited by a race valiant, tender, generous, gifted 

 beyond measure with the power of physical endur- 

 ance, and graced with the liveliest intelligence." 



90. In 1873, the American, Dr. Brownson, writes: 

 " After the Irish, we count the Spanish race the 

 finest and noblest in the world, though greatly 

 deteriorated. The power of endurance of the Irish 

 race is most wonderful. Naturally, the race is 

 remarkable for its rare physical development ; and 

 it furnishes specimens of both manly and female 



