Notwithstanding these great changes, the condition of the Irish peasantry remained the same; the tenure of land was unchanged, the modes of its occupation were unaltered, its possession was equally necessary and equally perilous.
From a biography of Lord George Bentinck, this passage observes the unchanging plight of the Irish peasantry despite significant political reforms.
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