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¹⁷⁷ O’Brien, Conor Cruise, Herod: Reflections on Political Violence (London, 1978), 47 Google Scholar, original emphasis. Ironically, in O’Brien's autobiography—produced in London—a similar misprint occurs: Lecky is judged to have written a history of “nationalism,” not “rationalism.” O’Brien, Conor Cruise, Memoir: My Life and Themes (London, 1998), 7 Google Scholar.

¹⁷⁸ See McNally, Mark, “Conor Cruise O’Brien's Conservative Anti-nationalism,” European Journal of Political History, 7/3 (2008), 308–30CrossRefGoogle Scholar; Bourke, Richard, “Languages of Conflict and the Northern Ireland Troubles” Journal of Modern History, 83/3 (2011), 544–78CrossRefGoogle Scholar. See also Whelan, Conor Cruise O’Brien, 152–72.

¹⁷⁹ According to Skinner's “golden rule,” the historian must begin by making historical beliefs appear “as rational as possible.” Skinner, Regarding Method, 54.