“…. death stills the bitterest controversy.”

— Robert Erskine Childers

In conversation with Desmond Ryan, cited in "Unique Dictator" by Desmond Ryan, Arthur Barker Limited, London (1936), p. 213.
Literary Years and War (1900-1918), Last Years: Ireland (1919-1922)

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