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explain that even though her family owned land she and her family were Irish nationalists. “That moral energy which inspires men with the ability and the desire to oppose themselves to injustice, to protest against the abuse of power, even when this injustice and this abuse do not directly affect them is the virtue which is the guaranty of order, security and independence.” The pamphlet was widely published in newspapers and journals. The pamphlet was sold for 25 cents each, and the money earned from this was sent to the Famine Fund.
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in 1880 to raise money in
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was a twenty seven page pamphlet published in
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became more radical than the men, to the resentment of the male leaders. Parnell stayed in the United States and worked to raise money for the organisation. Most of the Land League's financial support came from the United States because of the campaigning done by
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broke out in 1870; they joined the
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