%0 Manuscript %A Pearse, Padraic, 1879-1916. %D 1913 %G English %T Cuttings of 'From a Hermitage' by Padraic Pearse, published in 'Irish Freedom', June 1913 - January 1914, with manuscript corrections and emendations, %X Pearse writes "I commenced the series [in 'Irish Freedom'] with the deliberate intention, by argument, invective, and satire, of goading those who shared my political views to commit themselves definitely to an armed movement. I felt quite sure that the hour was ripe for such a movement, but did not in the beginning foresee the precise form it was to assume".