There can be but little doubt that Napoleon prefers to see the political influence of the Pope dead forever, instead of being compelled to court it, in competition with Austria.
From his autobiography, Garibaldi speculates on Louis Napoleon's underlying preference for the end of the Pope's political influence.
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