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Giuseppe Garibaldi: “SOLDIERS—The bases of peace have been arranged with the Emperor of Austria; the principal object of the war has been…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1860
SOLDIERS—The bases of peace have been arranged with the Emperor of Austria; the principal object of the war has been obtained; Italy is about to become for the first time a nation.
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Giuseppe Garibaldi

Editor's note · Context

Addressing his soldiers after a peace agreement, he declares the imminent birth of Italy as a unified nation.

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