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Giuseppe Garibaldi: “Her tender affection for me has, perhaps, been excessive; but do I not owe to her love, to her angel-like character, the…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1860
Her tender affection for me has, perhaps, been excessive; but do I not owe to her love, to her angel-like character, the little good that belongs to mine?
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Giuseppe Garibaldi

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Garibaldi attributes any good qualities he possesses to the profound love and angelic character of his mother.

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