...crimes prompted by want of food, were diminished by half in the course of a single month. The Commission closed amidst general applause, and ' Resolutions...attempt ever made to grapple with famine over a ' whole country.'J Organised armies, amounting altogether to some hundreds of thousands, had been rationed...

...the system of relief which had been established is with allowable self-gratulation declared to be " the grandest attempt ever made to grapple with famine over a whole country." Organized armies, it is said, had been rationed before ; " but neither ancient nor modern...

...the daily receipt of public rations. Truly might Sir John Burgoyne write that "this enterprise was the grandest attempt ever made to grapple with famine over a whole country." He might have added " and the most successful." The author of " The Irish Crisis "* says,...

...food was not affected by the disease. Impressively has it been said by sir Charles Trevelyau — " This enterprise was in truth the grandest attempt ever made to grapple with famine over a whole country. Organized armies, amounting altogether to some hundreds of thousands, had been rationed before;...

...of Commissioners in Dublin. This system of relief, which Sir John Burgoyne exultingly described as ' the grandest attempt ever made to grapple with famine over a whole country,' was administered through more than 2,000 local committees, to whose honour and trustworthiness...

...three millions of people received their daily rations. Sir John Burgoyne truly describes this as ' the grandest attempt ever made to grapple with famine over a whole country.' Never in the history of the world were so many persons fed in such a manner by the public...

...room was thus made for tho helpless portion of the community. The famine was stayed. This enterprize was, in truth, the grandest attempt ever made to grapple with famine over a whole country." If the land requires improvement, by all means give loans on easy terms to enable the owner...

...daily rations from the officials entrusted with the task. This enterprise, says the Edinburgh Review, ' was in truth the grandest attempt ever made to grapple with famine over a whole country. Organised armies amoxmting to hundreds and thousands have been rationed before ; but neither...

...John Russell's government, was, in fact, perfectly justified when he wrote that the relief work was 'the grandest attempt ever made to grapple with famine over a whole country'.1 Much of the bitterness, which exists to this day in the minds of Irishmen, who have learnt...

...daily rations from the officials entrusted with the task. This enterprise, says the Edinburgh Review, ' was in truth the grandest attempt ever made to grapple with famine over a whole country. Organised armies amounting to hundreds and thousands have been rationed before ; but neither...