“Supreme egotism and utter seriousness are necessary for the greatest accomplishment, and these the Irish find hard to sustain; at some point, the instinct to see life in a comic light becomes irresistible, and ambition falls before it” HardLightFallAmbitionInstinctSupremeComicAccomplishmentSeriousnessEgotismIrresistibleGreatest Accomplishment Book:The American Irish: A Political and Social Portrait Source: The American Irish: A Political and Social Portrait