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 Englishmen in London, or in the teeming industrial centres of the North, where wearied spirits seek light upon the dark enigmas of suffering, sin, and wrong, none find readier acceptance or warmer welcome than the Welsh preachers with minds kindled and hearts warmed by their native religious faith, and the Irish politicians who have been taught the stern realities of social problems by the burning roof-trees and ruined homes of Ireland. Thought, emotion, ideals, labours—these are the weapons of the Celt, and they will more and more prevail. For centuries the world kept slipping away from the Celt, but since the accession of the Tudors, and especially since the French Revolution period, the Celt has been regaining his foothold in the West. And he will yet have much to say and do in the re-making of Britain.