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Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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g,but it had gone down everywhere except in Venice, where they needed not menbut food. So he dismissed his despairing band, and himself became a huntedfugitive. After dreadful suffering, he escaped to America, where he lived forsome time in the city of New York. The warfare of 1848-1849 was not useless, for it impressed on all theworld, and even, it may be, upon Austria, Italys heroic determination to be free.The Italians themselves learned to moderate their ambitions, to see that arepublican Italy was hopeless, and that their one chance of freedom from foreigntyranny lay in the King of Piedmont. He alone had armies which could makea hopeful stand against those of the great Powers; and he alone of all the pettykings and dukes was really Italian. The house of Savoy can trace its Italianancestry backward for eight centuries, or, according to some authorities, for aneven longer time, through the Lombard and Roman periods. Piedmonts new King, Victor Emmanuel, found a most able minister in
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THE CORONATION OF POPE LEO XIII Rome—The War of 1859 483 Count Cavour, and together, by splendid statesmanship, they built up the powerand glory of their little kingdom. It became the recognized champion of allItalians who fled from Austrian tyranny. At last in 1859, Austria, irritatedand overbearing, declared war again. This time she found she had niore thanPiedmont to meet. Cavour had secured the new French Emperor, Napoleon III.,as an ally, and French troops fought side by side with the Piedmontese. Volun-teers flocked from all Italy to join them. Garibaldi came back from his exile,and, as general of the volunteer force, swept the Austrians out of the Lombardhills. Victor Emmanuel proved himself, before all mens eyes, a hero in battle.The French Emperor reproved him for his rashness; the French zouaves,wildest and most daring of fighters, elected him a corporal in their ranks. The allies won an important and fiercely contested battfe at Magenta.Through that little town the fight

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