Excerpt: The question of the birthplace of St. Patrick-a question which has been debated with considerable learning and acrimony for several centuries-has always seemed to me to have an interest far beyond the rival claims of clans and the jealous litigation of the antiquary. It is interesting not merely because it is in reality a curious archaeological problem, but also because it may in some measure afford a clue to the character of one of the greatest saints and greatest men of his own age or of any other-a saint who was the apostle of a nation which he found all heathen and left all...