Half the youth of the towns are under arms; young boys of 12 or 13 break their parents' hearts by declaring themselves, every one of them, irrevocably bent on becoming soldiers.
Garibaldi describes the widespread patriotic fervor among Italian youth joining the military effort for unification.
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