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44 - Worlds Famous Orations - Continental Europe by William Jennings Bryan · Worlds Famous Orations - Continental Europe

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  Speaker 1: Section forty four of the World's Famous Orations, Volume seven,
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  Speaker 1: Continental Europe. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings
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  Speaker 1: please visit LibriVox dot org. The World's Famous Orations, Volume seven,
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  Speaker 1: Continental Europe by William Jennings Bryan, Section forty four. Garibaldi
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  Speaker 1: to his Soldiers eighteen sixty Born in eighteen oh seven,
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  Speaker 1: died in eighteen eighty two. Exiled in eighteen thirty four,
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  Speaker 1: he went to South America, and in eighteen fifty came
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  Speaker 1: to the United States. Commanded an independent corps in the
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  Speaker 1: war against Austria in eighteen fifty nine, organized the expedition
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  Speaker 1: against Sicily in eighteen sixty expelled Francis the Second from Naples.
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  Speaker 1: Organized expeditions against Rome in eighteen sixty two and eighteen
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  Speaker 1: sixty seven, but was defeated. Commanded a French force in
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  Speaker 1: eighteen seventy against Germany. We must now consider the period
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  Speaker 1: which is just drawing to a close, as almost the
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  Speaker 1: last stage of our national resurrection, and prepare ourselves to
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  Speaker 1: finish worthily the marvelous design of the elect of twenty generations.
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  Speaker 1: The completion of which Providence has reserved for this fortunate age. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: young men, Italy owes to you an undertaking which has
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  Speaker 1: merited the applause of the universe. You have conquered, and
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  Speaker 1: you will conquer still, because you are prepared for the
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  Speaker 1: tactics that decide the fate of battles. You are not
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  Speaker 1: unworthy the men who entered the ranks of a Macedonian phalanx,
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  Speaker 1: and who contended not in vain with the proud conquerors
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  Speaker 1: of Asia. To this wonderful page in our country's history,
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  Speaker 1: another more glorious still will be added, and the slaves
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  Speaker 1: shall show at last to his free brothers a sharpened
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  Speaker 1: sword forged from the links of his fetters to arms.
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  Speaker 1: Then all of you, all of you, and the oppressors
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  Speaker 1: and the mighty, shall disappear like dust. You, too, women,
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  Speaker 1: cast away all the cowards from your embraces. They will
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  Speaker 1: give you only cowards for children. And you, who are
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  Speaker 1: the daughters of the land of beauty, must bear children
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  Speaker 1: who are noble and brave. Let timid doctrinaires depart from
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  Speaker 1: among us, to carry their civility and their miserable fears elsewhere.
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  Speaker 1: This people is its own master. It wishes to be
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  Speaker 1: the brother of other peoples, but to look on the
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  Speaker 1: insolent with a proud glance, not to grovel before them
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  Speaker 1: imploring its own freedom. It will no longer follow in
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  Speaker 1: the trail of men whose hearts are foul. No, no, no,
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  Speaker 1: Providence has presented Italy with Victor Emmanuel. Every Italian should
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  Speaker 1: rally round him by the side of Victory Manuel. Every
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  Speaker 1: quarrel should be forgotten, all rancor depart once more. I
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  Speaker 1: repeat my battle cry to arms, all all of you.
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  Speaker 1: If March eighteen sixty one does not find one million
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  Speaker 1: of Italians in arms, then alas for liberty, alas for
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  Speaker 1: the life of Italy. Ah, no far be from me
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  Speaker 1: a thought which I loathe like poison. March of eighteen
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  Speaker 1: sixty one, or if need be, February will find us
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  Speaker 1: all at our post, Italians of Calataphimi, Palermo, Ancona, the Volturno,
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  Speaker 1: Castel Fidado, and Isernia, and with us every man of
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  Speaker 1: this land who is not a cowardoor slave. Let all
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  Speaker 1: of us rally round the glorious hero of Palestro and
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  Speaker 1: give the last blow to the crumbling edifice of tyranny. Receive, then,
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  Speaker 1: my gallant young volunteers, at the honored conclusion of ten battles,
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  Speaker 1: one word of farewell from me. I utter this word
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  Speaker 1: with deepest affection, and from the very bottom of my heart.
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  Speaker 1: To day I am obliged to retire, but for a
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  Speaker 1: few days only. They are a battle will find me
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  Speaker 1: with you again by the side of the champions of
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  Speaker 1: Italian liberty. Let those only return to their homes who
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  Speaker 1: are called by the imperative duties which they owe to
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  Speaker 1: their families, and those who, by their glorious wounds, have
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  Speaker 1: deserved the credit of their country. These, indeed, will serve
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  Speaker 1: Italy in their homes by their council, by the very
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  Speaker 1: aspect of the scars which adorn their youthful brows. Apart
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  Speaker 1: from these, let all others remain to guard our glorious banners.
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  Speaker 1: We shall meet again before long to march together to
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  Speaker 1: the redemption of our brothers who are still slaves of
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  Speaker 1: the stranger. We shall meet again before long to march
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  Speaker 1: to new triumphs. End of Section forty four.