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Eamon de Valera (imprisoned, and writing a letter to Michael Collins, whilst other P.O.W.s die by British firing squad): "...The fact... that I was born in America, might save my hide... Either way, I am ready, for what comes... The Irish Republic, is a dream... no longer... It is daily sealed, by the lifeblood, of those who proclaimed it... And every one of us, they shoot, brings more people, to our side... They cannot imprison us, forever... And from the day of our release, Michael, we must act as if The Republic is... a fact. We defeat the British Empire... by... ignoring it..."