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The Price of My Soul (1969)

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I went to a very militantly Republican grammar school and, under its influence, began to revolt against the Establishment, on the simple rule of thumb, highly satisfying to a ten-year-old, that Irish equals good, English equals bad.

Bernadette Devlin

Bernadette Devlin (b. 1947), Irish politician. The Price of My Soul, ch. 4 (1969).

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