If it be asked why Englishmen should speak and feel on this Italian subject, my answer would be this: that the foundation and history of Monte Cassino have the interest for us which the Americans of the States feel in Alfred, in Edward III., in Henry V.
Morley argues for the relevance of Italian history to Englishmen, drawing parallels to their own historical figures.
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