Question

This writer denounced his country’s educational system for creating “manageable slaves” in the pamphlet The Murder Machine. At the funeral for the organizer of the “dynamite campaign,” this man gave a widely-quoted speech declaring that his country, “unfree, [would] never be at peace.” This man praised war for warming the “heart of the earth” with the “red wine of battlefields,” a metaphor reflecting his mystical belief in “blood sacrifice.” This man read out a “Proclamation” signed by seven men, including James (*) Connolly (10[1])and Thomas MacDonagh, from outside the General Post Office, which became the headquarters of the Provisional Government over which he presided. For 10 points, name this revolutionary who was briefly declared (10[1]0[1])the President of the Irish Republic during the Easter Rising. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Patrick Henry Pearse [or Padraic Henry Pearse]
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