Charles Sumner: “No longer “merely a geographical expression,” according to the…”

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No longer “merely a geographical expression,” according to the insulting phrase of Metternich, Italy is now a nation whose lofty capstone is Rome.

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Sumner refutes Metternich's dismissal of Italy as merely geographical, affirming its national identity.

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