The Royal visit to Ireland, on the whole, was an unqualified success, and
there were many who hoped and believed that the King's good will towards
the country and its people, and his remarkable gifts as a peacemaker,
would in some way help to a solution of the Irish question; but, alas!
that question is with us still, and when and how it will be solved no man
can tell. For myself, I am one of those who indulge in _hope_,
remembering that Time, in his healing course, has a way of adjusting
human misunderstandings and of bringing about the seemingly impossible.
It was in this year (1903) that I first met Charles Dent, the present
General Manager of the Great Northern Railway of England. He had been
appointed General Manager of the Great Southern and Western Railway in
succession to R. G. Colhoun. Dent and I often met. We found we could do
good work for our respective companies by reducing wasteful competition
and adopting methods of friendly working. In this we were very
successful. A man of few words, disdaining all unnecessary formalities,
but getting quickly at the heart and essence of things, it was always a
pleasure to do business with him.
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