> 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!"
The Larkin statue: http://www.nodimension.com/jandtdublin_files/Dublin%20052_edited.jpg.jpg
The inscription that Wendy is talking about: http://www.nodimension.com/jandtdublin_files/Dublin%20053_edited.jpg.jpg
Another inscription on the Larkin statue: http://www.nodimension.com/jandtdublin_files/Dublin%20054_edited.jpg.jpg
The James Connolly statue a few blocks away: http://www.nodimension.com/jandtdublin_files/Dublin%20051.jpg.jpg
Jim
