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#troubles

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WIST Quotations

A quotation from Horace

So live, my boys, as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
 
                              [Quocirca vivite fortes
fortiaque adversis opponite pectora rebus.]

Horace (65-8 BC) Roman poet, satirist, soldier, politician [Quintus Horatius Flaccus]
Satires [Saturae, Sermones], Book 2, # 2, “Quae virtus et quanta,” l. 135ff (2.2.135-136) (30 BC) [tr. Wickham (1903)]

Sourcing, notes, other translations: wist.info/horace/76809/

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Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ

The 1973 film "Streets of Ulster" available for the first time in 50 years and free to watch. h/t @BeebsyMcA

It does not sugar-coat the conflict so necessarily contains scenes of violence and discussion of injury and death. Video quality is not great as it has been recovered from sources such as VHS tape.

mediaburn.org/video/streets-of

Media Burn ArchiveStreets of Ulster - Media Burn ArchiveShot in the midst of street battles in Northern Ireland, "Streets of Ulster" provides a look at the people whose lives have been affected by this conflict. (Description from the catalog for the 1976 Women's Video Festival.)
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