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LECTURE I. 33
awakened with regard to the division of the
presents, and they doubted much whether they
could be apportioned without giving offence.
On consulting with one of the community, he
at once relieved their fears, saying, " Oh, leave
that to ourselves !" This was accordingly done,
and in half an hour the w^hole was divided with-
out a murmur. It was done at their " Mod,'*
an institution of which we have a perfect speci-
men among a purely Celtic population in this
secluded island.
These are a few of the features that distin-
guished the social and political system of the
Celtic races, and such were a few of the advan-
tages which that system possessed. Under the
government of our well-beloved Queen we have
a grateful blending of the peculiarities of both
the contending systems — the Feudal and the
Celtic. We have the strength which is said to
characterize the former ; we have the mutual
affection between the governor and the governed
that marks the latter. We have the Feudal
sovereign blended with the patriarchal head of
her race ; the representative of the Saxon
monarchy of England, as well as of the ancient
Celtic monarchies of Scotland and Ireland.
Every excellency that was characteristic of both
seem to have, at any rate for once, met together
to distinguish the reign of Queen Victoria.
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awakened with regard to the division of the
presents, and they doubted much whether they
could be apportioned without giving offence.
On consulting with one of the community, he
at once relieved their fears, saying, " Oh, leave
that to ourselves !" This was accordingly done,
and in half an hour the w^hole was divided with-
out a murmur. It was done at their " Mod,'*
an institution of which we have a perfect speci-
men among a purely Celtic population in this
secluded island.
These are a few of the features that distin-
guished the social and political system of the
Celtic races, and such were a few of the advan-
tages which that system possessed. Under the
government of our well-beloved Queen we have
a grateful blending of the peculiarities of both
the contending systems — the Feudal and the
Celtic. We have the strength which is said to
characterize the former ; we have the mutual
affection between the governor and the governed
that marks the latter. We have the Feudal
sovereign blended with the patriarchal head of
her race ; the representative of the Saxon
monarchy of England, as well as of the ancient
Celtic monarchies of Scotland and Ireland.
Every excellency that was characteristic of both
seem to have, at any rate for once, met together
to distinguish the reign of Queen Victoria.
c
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Description | A selection of books from a collection of more than 500 titles, mostly on religious and literary topics. Also includes some material dealing with other Celtic languages and societies. Collection created towards the end of the 19th century by Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray. |
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Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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