Further, as a political weapon, it extended all through Ireland during the last years of the Irish Parliamentary Movement. In Cork, for example, it completely controlled the city life for some years, but the rapid rise of the Republican Movement brought about the equally rapid fall of Hibernianism. At the present moment it has as little influence in the public life of Cork as Sir Edward Carson himself. The great bulk of its one-time members have joined the Republican Movement. This demonstrates clearly that anything in the nature of a sectarian movement is essentially repugnant to the Irish people. As I have pointed out, the Hibernian Order, when created, became at once a political weapon, but Ireland has discarded that, and other such weapons, for those with which she is carving out the destinies of the Republic. For a time, however, Hibernianism created an unnatural atmosphere of sectarian rivalry in Ireland. That has now happily passed away. At the time, however, of the writing of the article on Religion it was at its height, and this fact coloured the writing of the article. On re-reading it and considering the publication of the present work I was inclined to suppress it, but decided that it ought to be included because it bears directly on the evil of materialism in religious bodies, which is a matter of grave concern to every religious community in the world. T. MacS. CONTENTS CHAPTER I. THE BASIS OF FREEDOM II. SEPARATION III. MORAL FORCE IV. BROTHERS AND ENEMIES V. THE SECRET OF STRENGTH VI. PRINCIPLE IN ACTION VII. LOYALTY VIII. WOMANHOOD IX. THE FRONTIER X. LITERATURE AND FREEDOM--THE PROPAGANDIST PLAYWRIGHT XI. LITERATURE AND FREEDOM--ART FOR ART'S SAKE XII. RELIGION XIII. INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM XIV. MILITARISM XV. THE EMPIRE XVI. RESISTANCE IN ARMS--FOREWORD XVII. RESISTANCE IN ARMS--THE TRUE MEANING OF LAW XVIII. RESISTANCE IN ARMS--OBJECTIONS XIX. THE BEARNA BAOGHAIL--CONCLUSION +PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM+ CHAPTER I THE BASIS OF FREEDOM I Why should we fight for freedom? Is it not strange, that it has become necessary to ask and answer this question? We have fought our fight for centuries, and contending parties still continue the struggle, but the real significance of the struggle and its true motive force are hardly at all understood, and there is a curious but logical result. Men technically on the same side are separated by differences wide and deep, both of ideal and plan of action; while, conversely, men technically opposed have perhaps more in common than we realise in a sense deeper than we understand. II This is the question I would discuss. I find in practice everywhere in Ireland--it is worse out of Ireland--the doctrine, "The end justifies the means."