Europe and your subjects will take your sublime sacrifice into account, and you, sire, will be able to raise your brow in confidence up to God, who will reward the magnanimous act of your majesty.
From a letter to King Francis II of Naples, Garibaldi encourages the king to make a magnanimous sacrifice for the good of his people.
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