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The Roman Question

CHAPTER IV
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Lombardy, Venice, Modena, and one-half of the Papal States, have given heroes to France.

Napoleon remembered it at St.Helena; it has been so written.
As for the spirit of association, I know not where it is to be found, if not in Italy.

By what is the Catholic world governed?
By an Association.

What is it but an Association that wastes the revenue of the poor Romans?
Who monopolizes their corn, their hemp, their oil?
Who lays waste the forests of the State?
An Association.

Who take possession of the highways, stop diligences, and lay travellers under contribution?
Five or six Associations.


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