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THE LANDSCAPE ANNUAL.
of Italy, he did indeed ‘ redeem centuries of shame.’
When the republican aspired to perpetuate his own
power when the tribune imitated the fopperies of
royalty; when the reformer declared himself the cham-
pion of superstition and the church, he lost his distinctive
character, and, like a more celebrated personage of our
own times, left a convincing proof that a revolution can
be maintained only by the maxims and even the very
forms by which it was first ushered into life.”
THE LANDSCAPE ANNUAL.
of Italy, he did indeed ‘ redeem centuries of shame.’
When the republican aspired to perpetuate his own
power when the tribune imitated the fopperies of
royalty; when the reformer declared himself the cham-
pion of superstition and the church, he lost his distinctive
character, and, like a more celebrated personage of our
own times, left a convincing proof that a revolution can
be maintained only by the maxims and even the very
forms by which it was first ushered into life.”