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Rienzi

CHAPTER 1
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In this he erred greatly, though his error was that of the worldly wise.

For nothing ever so inspires human daring, as the fond belief that it is the agent of a Diviner Wisdom.

Revenge and patriotism, united in one man of genius and ambition--such are the Archimedian levers that find, in FANATICISM, the spot out of the world by which to move the world.

The prudent man may direct a state; but it is the enthusiast who regenerates it,--or ruins..


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