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\n\n\n
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\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tIII
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tMazzini, Cavour, Garibaldi
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tM<\/font><\/font>AZZINI<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe state of Italy now is the proof that my teaching was needed. \t\t\tMachiavellianism rose again in the policy of Cavour and Italy,
\ngrasping too eagerly at the speedy fruit of her efforts, fell from \t\t\tthe clearness of the revelation that I gave her. Therefore she
\nsuffers. We must work for the fruit, but there must not be \t\t\tsuch attachment to the fruit that to hasten it the true means is sacrificed; for that leads eventually to the sacrifice of the true \t\t\tend.
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tC<\/font><\/font>AVOUR<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe state of Italy is the proof of the soundness of my policy.
\nMazzini, you speak still as the ideologist, the man of notions. \t\t\tThe statesman recognises ideals, but he has nothing to do with
\nnotions. He strikes always at his main objective and is willing \t\t\tto sacrifice much in details.
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tM<\/font><\/font>AZZINI<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tWhat you say is true, but the sacrifice has been not of details,
\nbut of the essential. \t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tC<\/font><\/font>AVOUR<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tItaly is one, Italy is free.
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tG<\/font><\/font>ARIBALDI<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe unity was my work. I did not use Machiavellianism or rely \t\t\ton statecraft and kingcraft. I did not buy liberty by mutilating my country. But I called to the soul of the nation and the soul of \t\t\tthe nation awoke and shook itself free of the great tyrants and
\nthe petty. It was on the heroism and kingliness of the Italian soul, \t\t\tthe resurrection in Florence and Rome and Naples of the ancient  
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
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\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tRoman, Etruscan and Samnite that Cavour should have relied,
\nnot on the false-hearted huckster of states and principalities, \t\t\tLouis Napoleon.
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tM<\/font><\/font>AZZINI<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tItaly is one, Italy is free, but in the body, not in the soul.
\nGaribaldi, you gave united Italy to a man, not to the nation. \t\t\t<\/font>
\n\t\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tG<\/font><\/font>ARIBALDI<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tI gave it to the King and hero, Italy’s representative. I do not yet \t\t\tthink that I did ill. The nation said, “He stands for me”, and as a democrat I bowed to the voice of the nation.
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tC<\/font><\/font>AVOUR<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tIt was the best-inspired action of your life. If there are problems \t\t\tunsolved, if there are parts of the body politic that are still
\nailing, that was to be expected. Only the dreamer demands a \t\t\trapid convalescence from a disease so long and wasting. We did
\nthe work of the surgeon, that of the physician is being done \t\t\tquietly and without ostentation. There is a man in Italy, and he
\nbelongs to the house that was chosen. \t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tM<\/font><\/font>AZZINI<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tItaly has not fulfilled her mission; my heart is full of sorrow \t\t\twhen I look upon her. She whom I would have educated to
\nlead the world, is only an inferior Power leaning for support \t\t\tupon the selfish and unscrupulous Teuton. She who should have reorganised government and society into a fit mould for the \t\t\tideas of an age of emancipation, is a laggard lingering in the steps of the Gaul and the Saxon. She who should have been the \t\t\tfountain of a new European culture, hardly figures among the
\nleaders of humanity. The semi-Asiatic Muscovite is doing more \t\t\tfor mankind than the heirs of the Roman.
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tC<\/font><\/font>AVOUR<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tThe statesman must have patience and work quietly towards
\nhis goal, securing each step as he goes. When the economic ills<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tPage \u2013 480<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tof Italy have been removed and the Church no longer opposes
\nprogress, the ideal of Mazzini may be fulfilled. The brain and \t\t\tsword of Italy may yet lead and rule Europe.
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tM<\/font><\/font>AZZINI<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tIt is not the diplomatist and the servant of the moment who can
\nbring about that great consummation, but the heroic soul and \t\t\tthe mighty brain that command Time and create opportunity. I
\nsought to cast Italy into a Roman mould. I knew that a third \t\t\trevelation had to be made to Europe and that Italy was the
\nchosen channel. So I was told when I went down from this \t\t\tworld of the Ancients to be born again into humanity, “Twice has Italy given a new civilisation to Europe, the third time she \t\t\tshall give it.” The voice that speaks when we are sent, does not
\nlie. \t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tC<\/font><\/font>AVOUR<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tNo,
\n\t\t\tbut the fruit does not always come at once. There is sometimes a long probation, a slow agony of purification, and the
\nthing destined seems a dream that has come to nothing. We have \t\t\tto work knowing that the fruit will come, not impatient, not
\nembittered and disappointed by its postponement. It is possible \t\t\twe shall be called again to bring about the consummation. We
\nhave helped Italy always; once more we shall help her. \t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tM<\/font><\/font>AZZINI<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tI know not, but the days grow long to me in the world of the
\n\t\t\tHappy. When the call comes, I pray that it may be to conquer, not by
\n\t\t\tdiplomacy, but by truth and ardent courage, <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tG<\/font><\/font>ARIBALDI<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tNot by bargaining, but by the sword of the hero,<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tM<\/font><\/font>AZZINI<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tNot by kingcraft, but by love for humanity and a noble wisdom.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tPage \u2013 481<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tC<\/font><\/font>AVOUR<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tI shall be content, so that Italy conquers.
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tG<\/font>ARIBALDI<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tWhen the sword that was struck out of her hand by the \t\t\tAbyssinian, is lifted again, I shall be there to lift it.  
\n\t\t\t<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\tPage \u2013 482<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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