But his anti-war stance - 'I went to my club this afternoon to look at the war news, but read Keats's Lamia instead' - that should have made him an extreme nationalist in Dublin made him no such thing.
That work, instead of something that should be avoided, should be embraced.
Instead, the question that should be addressed is why societies decide to make their central banks independent?
Instead, that association surely should be applied to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani who visited Washington last week.
Consider instead the messages that should be promoted, shared and taken up by everyone.
A prize that should go instead to the offensive line, but that will never happen.
Instead business and job growth that should be coming to the United States will go to Europe and Japan.
Some said Aaron Cruden should play instead, that Beauden Barrett should be his back-up.
This view doesn't suggest that the I.M.F. should go away; it suggests instead that it should lend faster, with fewer conditions.
Of course, this result does not mean that as a society we should not invest in prevention but, instead, that we should do so with careful analysis and without unrealistic expectations.
