On the recordJanuary 1, 1860
Who, indeed, had then ever said, on those shores, to those young men, that there was such a thing as Italy, or that they had a country to be ameliorated and redeemed?
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
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gutenberg.orgGiuseppe Garibaldi: “Who, indeed, had then ever said, on those shores, to those young men, that there was such a thing as Italy, or that they…”
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Garibaldi questions who, in his youth, had ever instilled the concept of Italy as a nation needing improvement and redemption in the minds of young men.
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