If it were so, then I should never have seen Italy again; never fought for her—which was the great wish of my life: but then, too, I never should have seen her sink into ignominy.
Contemplating his potential death at sea, Garibaldi expresses his life's greatest desire to fight for Italy and his fear of her decline.
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When I recur to the principles which were inculcated at school, and the motives used to encourage us to study, I am now able to understand their unsoundness and their evil tendency.
Although I was quite young and small, I jumped down and saved her life; and my success afforded me the highest pleasure.
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