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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 . . .
Source: The Duties of Man, ch. 5, 1844-58; tr. 1907.
-- Giuseppe Mazzini, (Jun 22 1805-1872), Genoese propagandist, revolutionary; He was the founder of the secret revolutionary society Young Italy (1832), and a champion of the movement for Italian unity known as the Risorgimento.