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selves men, and gain more respect from English-
men and Lowlanders than by forsaking it. I
have studied the English more than I have done
the Gaelic, and even prefer it as a written lan-
guage in prose, but never in verse for being sung,
or as spoken. It has neither the sweet melody
to gratify my ear, nor the pathetic glow to warm
my heart at all which the Gaelic has. A region
where nothing but pure English was spokea
would be too cold for my nature.
While it is desirable that Highlanders should
ever be a Gaelic-speaking and a GaeHc-reading
race, it is equally desirable that they should also
be an English-reading, an English- writing, and,
when occasion requires it, an English-speaking,
race also.
Archibald Farquharsgn.
TiREE, -iOth September, 1869.
-'^m^^sH^
Printed at the Oban Times Oj^ce.

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Laoidhean shioin
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Hew Morrison Collection
DescriptionA selection of items from a collection of 320 volumes and 30 pamphlets of literary and religious works in Scottish Gaelic. From the personal library of Hew Morrison, the first City Librarian of Edinburgh.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected 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.