Excerpt from AE (George W. Russell): A Study of a Man and a Nation Have recognized as a clerk at Pim's and a mere shop-assistant accordingly? What to them was the shining Lugh? This man at least was no Lugh, they would have rashly agreed. What Of Balor? Balor, if they had heard of him, was, like Lugh, a myth; and they did not know themselves to be held in his one-eyed spell. 'as for Manannan, whose lips so lazily caressed the shore, could they not push their skiffs out upon his waters, and make the rowlocks, if need were, strain in contempt of such an one Besides the man, though young, was not shaven. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.