Waubonsee Community College

Wisdom series, director: Paul Dickson ; producer: Robert Graff

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Wisdom series

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director: Paul Dickson ; producer: Robert Graff

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In this 1955 program from the NBC archives, Eamon de Valera -- first president of the Republic of Ireland -- converses with Grinnell College professor Curtis Baker Bradford inside Leinster House, the country's parliamentary headquarters. De Valera discusses various facets of Irish life and events from preceding decades, including those that led to the Easter Rising in 1916, the partition of Ireland by a British act of parliament in 1920, his rise to elected office, and his subsequent visit to the United States. De Valera also sheds light on some of his political and cultural objectives, such as economic development and the restoration of the Irish language, as well as his feelings about Ireland's position as a small nation, the dark implications of global warfare in the 20th century, and his admiration of Mahatma Gandhi

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