Yesterday I Dared To Struggle. Today I

I Went To A Very Militantly Republican Grammar School And, Under Its Influence, Began To Revolt Against The Establishment, On Thesimple Rule Of Thumb, Highly Satisfying To A Ten-year-old, That Irish Equals Good, English Equals Bad.

But I Make A Distinction Between The Doctrines Of The Church, Which Matter, And The Structure Invented By Half A Dozen Italians Who Got To Be Pope And Which Is Of Very Little Use To Anybody.

There Are No Illegitimate Children, Only Illegitimate Parents-if The Term Is To Be Used At All.

I Think My Life Will Always Be Worth Living, Though I Don't Imagine It Being Very Easy.

Should An Anthropologist Or A Sociologist Be Looking For A Bizarre Society To Study, I Would Suggest He Come To Ulster. It Is One Of Europe's Oddest Countries. Here, In The Middle Of The Twentieth Century, With Modern Technology Transforming Everybody's Lives, You Find A Medieval Mentality That Is Being Dragged Painfully Into The Eighteenth Century By Some Forward-looking People.