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Eamon de Valera

Since this war began our sympathy has gone out to all the suffering people who have been dragged into it. Further hundreds of millions have become involved since I spoke at Limerick fortnight ago.

Eamon de Valera

Sympathy

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Eamon de Valera is expressing that his feelings of compassion extend to everyone affected by the war, not just a few groups. He also notes that many more people have been impacted by the conflict since his last speech in Limerick two weeks earlier.

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