By means of Napoleon's treachery to the cause of liberty, which he had pretended to espouse on entering Italy, that unhappy country had been led to a ruin more deep and complete than any of the other of his victims; for she had been, more than any other, reduced to spiritual slavery, as well as temporal.
Garibaldi critiques Napoleon's betrayal of liberty in Italy, arguing it led to a profound and unique form of national subjugation, both temporal and spiritual.
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