On the recordJanuary 1, 1852
The Irish peasant had to choose between starving and assassination.
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Benjamin Disraeli
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
From a biography of Lord George Bentinck, this passage describes the desperate choices faced by the Irish peasantry regarding land tenure.
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