THE HARMONY OF VIRTUE

ThreeMazzini — Cavour — GaribaldiM AZZINIThe state of Italy now is the proof that my teaching was needed.Machiavellianism rose again in the policy of Cavour, and Italy,grasping too eagerly at the speedy fruit of her efforts, fellfrom the clearness of the revelation that I gave her. Thereforeshe suffers. We must work for the fruit, but there must not besuch attachment to the fruit that to hasten it the true means issacrificed, for that leads eventually to the sacrifice of the trueend.C AVOURThe state of Italy is the proof of the soundness of my policy.Mazzini, you speak still as the ideologist, the man of notions.The statesman recognises ideals, but he has nothing to do withnotions. He strikes always at his main objective and is willing tosacrifice much in details.M AZZINIWhat you say is true, but the sacrifice has been not of detailsbut of the essential.C AVOURItaly is one, Italy is free.G ARIBALDIThe unity was my work. I did not use Machiavellianism or relyon statecraft and kingcraft. I did not buy liberty by mutilatingmy country. But I called to the soul of the nation and the soulof the nation awoke and shook itself free of the great tyrantsand the petty. It was on the heroism and kingliness of the Italiansoul, the resurrection in Florence and Rome and Naples of theancient Roman, Etruscan and Sammite that Cavour should haverelied, not on the false-hearted huckster of States and principalities,Louis Napoleon.