The Old Figure Of Speech 'In The Fulness Of Time' Embodies A Truth Too
Often Forgotten. History Knows Nothing Of Spontaneous Generation; The
Chain Of Cause And Effect Is Unbroken, And However Modest Be The
Scale On Which An Historical Work Is Cast, The Reader Has A Right To
Ask That It Should Give Him Some Idea, Not Only Of What Happened, But
Of Why It Happened. A Catalogue Of Dates And Names Is As Meaningless
As The Photograph Of A Crowd. In The Following Retrospect, I Have
Attempted To Trace The Principal Factors That Worked Towards Italian
Unity. The Liberation Of Italy Is A Cycle Waiting To Be Turned Into An
Epic.
Often Forgotten. History Knows Nothing Of Spontaneous Generation; The
Chain Of Cause And Effect Is Unbroken, And However Modest Be The
Scale On Which An Historical Work Is Cast, The Reader Has A Right To
Ask That It Should Give Him Some Idea, Not Only Of What Happened, But
Of Why It Happened. A Catalogue Of Dates And Names Is As Meaningless
As The Photograph Of A Crowd. In The Following Retrospect, I Have
Attempted To Trace The Principal Factors That Worked Towards Italian
Unity. The Liberation Of Italy Is A Cycle Waiting To Be Turned Into An
Epic.
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