There will be the great contemporary example of Italy, after a slumber of centuries aroused to assertion of her rights,--and of Russia also, now completing that memorable act of Emancipation by which Freedom is assured to twenty millions of serfs.
He draws parallels between contemporary movements for rights in Italy and Russia, emphasizing the global struggle for freedom.
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They are but leaders of the two contending factions into which the Slave Power is divided.
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