Excerpt from Sir Horace Plunkett: And His Place in the Irish NationI wrote this book before the Rising. Had I written it since I might have shaped it somewhat differently. Yet the Rising has not altered facts, it has but emphasized some of them. It has reminded the world of the existence of Ireland, it has made it clear that the Ulster Unionist policy of no change whatever in the government of the country is impossible, it has increased the in¿uence of non-party men like Sir Horace Plunkett and Lord Macdonnell, it has made it more manifest than ever that not only has England not the right, she has not the ability to govern Ireland.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.