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Benjamin Disraeli: An abused and indignant soil repudiated the ungrateful race that had exhausted and degraded its once exuberant bosom.

On the recordJanuary 1, 1852
An abused and indignant soil repudiated the ungrateful race that had exhausted and degraded its once exuberant bosom.
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Benjamin Disraeli

Editor's note · Context

In a political biography, this metaphorical statement describes the dire state of the land and its inhabitants in Ireland.

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