01/03/1918
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"Viva l'ltalia!"
"It is the duty of the great universities of Italy and of the rest of the world to redeem science from this disgrace."
"That is the price of liberty."
"I am very much honored that this great city, playing so important a role in the life and in the industrial endeavor of Italy, should have conferred this high distinction upon me."