[lbo-talk] Re: definitions

Turbulo at aol.com Turbulo at aol.com
Tue May 3 11:39:45 PDT 2005


In a message dated 5/3/05 1:20:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, lbo-talk-request at lbo-talk.org writes:


> On 5/1/05, Ian M. <mcleod9 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > The great only appear great because we are on our knees. Stand up. -
> > James Connolly
>
> It was actually Jim Larkin who said this, not Connolly, although it's
> not hard to see how they could be confused. The full accurate quote
> is "The great appear great because we are on our knees: Let us rise."
> It appears on a statue of Larkin on O'Connell Street, the main drag
> here in Dublin.
>
>
>
>

I always thought it was:

"The great appear great in our eyes Only because we kneel. Let us rise!"

May not be the original quotation, but it does rhyme.

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