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Preach in the name of God. The learned will smile; ask the learned what they have done for their country. The priests will excommunicate you . . .

Preach in the name of God. The learned will smile; ask the learned what they have done for their country. The priests will excommunicate you . . .

Giuseppe Mazzini
Country, Names, Done
Giuseppe Mazzini (2005). “The Duties of Man and Other Essays”, p.31, Cosimo, Inc.

The obscurest sayings of the truly great are often those which contain the germ of the profoundest and most useful truths. Genius rapidly traverses the living present to bury itself in the deepest mysteries of the universe; often making the grandest discoveries at a single glance.

Giuseppe Mazzini
Discovery, Genius, Germs
Giuseppe Mazzini (1864). “Life & Writings of Joseph Mazzini”

Art does not imitate, but interpret. It searches out the idea lying dormant in the symbol, in order to present the symbol to men in such form as to enable them to penetrate through it to the idea. Were it otherwise, what would be the use or value of art?

Giuseppe Mazzini
Art, Lying, Men
Giuseppe Mazzini (1945). “Selected Writings”

Preach in the name of God. The learned will smile; ask the learned what they have done for their country. The priests will excommunicate you; say to the priests that you know God better than all of them together do, and that between God and His law you have no need of any intermediary. The people will understand you, and repeat with you: We believe in God the Father, who is Intelligence and Love, Creator and Teacher of Humanity. And in this saying you and the People will conquer.

Giuseppe Mazzini
Love, Country, Teacher
Giuseppe Mazzini (2005). “The Duties of Man and Other Essays”, p.31, Cosimo, Inc.

Insurrection: Insurrection as soon as circumstances allow: insurrection, strenuous, ubiquitous: the insurrection of the masses: the holy war of the oppressed: the republic to make republicans: the people in action to initiate progress. Let the insurrection announce with its awful voice the decrees of God: let it clear and level the ground on which its own immortal structure shall be raised. Let it, like the Nile, flood all the country that it is destined to make fertile.

Giuseppe Mazzini
Country, War, Voice
Giuseppe Mazzini (2005). “The Duties of Man and Other Essays”, p.148, Cosimo, Inc.

Shakespeare's personages live and move as if they had just come from the hand of God, with a life that, though manifold, is one, and, though complex, is harmonious.

Giuseppe Mazzini
Moving, Hands, Manifold

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