IRELAND AS IT WAS AND AS IT IS 35 



and not years, to improve all classes in a country, 

 and it is emphatically all classes in Ireland that need 

 improvement. 



The greatest difficulty in bringing about improve- 

 ment in Ireland is that all classes, in nearly equal 

 degree, though perhaps in different ways, require to 

 be raised. Time and patience are essential for tliat. 



