Mr. Speaker. today our beloved Nation. truly a nation of immigrants. pauses in its labors to pay tribute to one of the major sources of our strength. character. and hopethe Irishman. True. we memorialize specifically the death 1.504 years ago of the patron saint of Ireland. but through our salute to St. Patrick. our tribute is to all from his land who live amongst us. Eight years ago. one of the greatest of our IrishAmerican brothers. speaking a few miles away in Baltimore. said: Irelands chief export has been neither potatoes nor linen. but human freedom. Throughout its history. its exiles and emigrants have fought notably with sword and pen for freedom in other parts of the globe. The speaker himself had already done this. and in his future position was to continue doing so. This Nation. this world is the better place for his having passed through. even as his forefathers nation and the world was the better for St.
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