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We are bound to lose Ireland in consequence of years of cruelty, stupidity and misgovernment and I would rather lose her as a friend than as a foe.
William E. Gladstone
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William E. Gladstone
Age: 88 †
Born: 1809
Born: December 29
Died: 1898
Died: May 19
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