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... pagan epics , the ancient bardic songs , and thus preserved them from passing into oblivion . So great indeed had been the Christian service to Irish pagan culture that there is even warrant for the legend which credited the great ...
... pagan epics , the ancient bardic songs , and thus preserved them from passing into oblivion . So great indeed had been the Christian service to Irish pagan culture that there is even warrant for the legend which credited the great ...
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... pagan enemy of Christian values , since he was not a pagan at all . It is none the less true that in accordance with the spirit of Theosophy he was able to adopt Christian as well as pagan terminology , and in many instances to place ...
... pagan enemy of Christian values , since he was not a pagan at all . It is none the less true that in accordance with the spirit of Theosophy he was able to adopt Christian as well as pagan terminology , and in many instances to place ...
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... pagan was so filled with that high heroic spirit that it readily recognized in Christianity the fulfillment of all its dreams of glory , in sanctity the pattern of all its ideals , in Christ the Hero and the Champion to Whom Cuchulain ...
... pagan was so filled with that high heroic spirit that it readily recognized in Christianity the fulfillment of all its dreams of glory , in sanctity the pattern of all its ideals , in Christ the Hero and the Champion to Whom Cuchulain ...
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INISFAIL | 1 |
THE GAY AND GALLANT GAEL | 17 |
THE DEERS CRY | 28 |
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