Chasing Time

“Next, we have the most noble recipient of the Order of the Garter, the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint George, the Grand Cross of the Bath, the Victoria Cross and the lower grades of Knighthood, the leader of the anti-colonial movement, the bell-ringer of the East India Company, the hero of the Crimean War, a Fellow of the Royal Society, a lifelong dear friend of literary giants such as Dickens and Great Dumas, a steadfast supporter of scientific luminaries like Faraday and Darwin, having served as assistant under-secretary, deputy under-secretary, and permanent under-secretary in departments of the Home Office and the Navy Department of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the inaugural Cabinet Secretary and head of the civil service, the first graduate and most distinguished alumnus of our school. Please welcome Sir Arthur Hastings to deliver a speech on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the University of London.”
Arthur's gaze swept across the crowd before him, looking at the young faces and murmured, “Agares, what do you think I should say?”
The Red Devil's wraith hovered behind him, saliva almost dribbling from the corner of his mouth, “Look at these ignorant souls; they still worship you as a hero. Why not say something they'd like to hear?”
Arthur took a deep breath and let out a deafening roar, “Oxford is a bunch of whores' bastards!”
“Oh!!!!”
The audience erupted into thunderous applause.
“Cambridge is the same!” he added immediately.
The applause grew even more fervent...
(The protagonist, possessed by a devil, travels through 19th-century Britain in a world without magic)

The Shadow of Great Britain

Although these words are just one side of the story from London workers, the influx of Irish people making the London employment market more competitive is indeed an indisputable fact. In such circumstances, it is indeed difficult for the ordinary populace of England to show a friendly face to the Irish. As for the various reasons they claim, such as the Irish being morally inferior, unhygienic, and their Catholic faith not guaranteeing loyalty to the King, are actually just excuses derived from discontent.


The Italian liberation movement led by Mazzini, in fact, shares a striking resemblance with the Irish liberation movement led by O'Connell.


Both of these figures are individuals who unite the people by stirring up nationalism, except O'Connell's slogan is to uphold Ireland's Catholic faith, whereas Mazzini does the opposite, claiming to end the reactionary rule of the Catholic Church and Austrian feudal lords in Italy.


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