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Giuseppe Garibaldi: “It was no longer the cause of a single man which stimulated the multitude: the star of that man had sunk in the late…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1860
It was no longer the cause of a single man which stimulated the multitude: the star of that man had sunk in the late battle, and in vain endeavored again to rise.
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Giuseppe Garibaldi

Editor's note · Context

Garibaldi observes a shift in public motivation from loyalty to an individual leader to commitment to a national cause.

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