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I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were read more

I have been further enlightened by the conversation and correspondence of some illustrious Italians, whom I would gladly name, were I not afraid of exposing them to danger.

I fight fairly, and in good faith.

I fight fairly, and in good faith.

But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out read more

But as the Pope has a long arm, which might reach me in France, I have gone a little out of the way to tell him the plain truths contained in these pages.

At about six in the morning of July 3, 1860, while I was watering
my petunias, and thinking of read more

At about six in the morning of July 3, 1860, while I was watering
my petunias, and thinking of nothing in particular, I perceived
coming towards me, a tall, beardless, fair-haired young fellow,
wearing a German cap and gold-rimmed spectacles.

I fight fairly, and in good faith.

I fight fairly, and in good faith.