[During the Renaissance] the Italians said, "We are one in the Father: we will go back." The Northern races said, "We are one in Christ, we will go on.
D. H. Lawrence, Paul Eggert (2002). “Twilight in Italy and Other Essays”, p.118, Cambridge University Press
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