John Hume, who led a nonviolent campaign for a united Ireland, has been hailed in death as a combination of Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and Martin Luther King Jr.
“There is a sense of something dimmed, of clouds rolling in, a bright light leaving the firmament,” wrote Séamas O’Reilly. “We are heartbroken and bereft, but grateful that his star could touch the earth.”
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