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  By Hugh Mulqueeney The boy Setantae was always destined for great things. The boy who is later re-named CU CHULAINN is the Greatest, most famous man to have ever walked the Emerald Isle. The Druid CATHUB predicted a warrior who took up arms on the day directed would be "...famous among the men of Eriu and that stories of him would be told forever...", perhaps CU CHULAINN is more famous now than he ever has been before, he is known the world over by people as foreign to him as a deer is to a salmon. An inkling of the boys future Greatness can be spied in the tale of his birth as I shall now relate thus: Once when Conchubur and the Chieftains of the Ulaid were at Emuin Macha, a flock of birds did frequent the plain yonder where they did graze til not anything remained to clothe the Earth. The Ulaid were distressed to see the land devastated as it was, so they decided to drive the birds away, as it was their custom to hunt birds. So they did harness nine...

From "The SS Leadership Guide" (1934) Manly virtues determine the basic direction of our way of life, first of all loyalty. We best understand loyalty through the feeling in our blood. This feeling tells us clearly what loyalty is. Loyalty is lack of deception. Loyalty means action and inaction without deception. It demands reliability and maintenance through action and inaction, so that the trusted one is not deceived. It demands pursuit of the goal with complete seriousness and devotion. Whoever is loyal does not have to swear it twice. Loyalty is like a banner that goes in front of the following. Behind the flag also march those who have not stood by it under fire. That cannot be otherwise. They will nonetheless know what they owe to the flag. But those others, who on quiet soles sneak into the column of victors returning from battle, cannot know it. They were not loyal to their cause and they cannot be loyal to our cause. They seek refuge for their wretchedness or ...