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Show ! What Ireland Owes to Cerman Phil- , ologists for Its Revival. 1 t When by stress of persecution and . ' ' neglect the Gaelic tongue was olmost i ' i in the throes of dissolution, German If ;; philologists like Windisch, Zimmer, I jj , ' fceuss and Kuno Meyer saved the lan- . i i Kuage from death and gave back to Ire- ; 'I land her native tongue, never again. : : ' i please God, to reach such a low state of f ' j exhaustion. If anyone wants to see I the re3l feeling between Germans and .' , J Irish, let them examine the marriage ; ; registers of the western states, where th- i '. ,! fraternal tie is clinched In the holy ; " bonds of matrimony. There in every i ; ; Catholic parish you will find specimens of the Celto-Teutonic race. Attend the . . , ; church fairs and the local entertain- .' ! i ments and 3n every program you will r find Irish and German young ladies : 1 working together for. some good object. 1 In another century, especially among : I ' the Catholics, the Germans and the ; ' : " ; Jrish will become as much intermar- -'I'i ried as the Normans and the Irish In the old land. There are no two races in ' America twday who are nearer to be- t ''t f coming one people than the Irish and the Germans. And God bless the work, say we. |