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'Shall we learn liberty of the Gauls, we who taught every lofty thing to others? was a healthy remonstrance to a race that had lost faith in itself; and the Austrians were wise in discountenancing the sale of a work that contained the line which gave a watchword to the future: Schiavi or siam si; ma schiavi almen frementi.
"Other nations," interrupted Corinne, "have borne the yoke the same as we, and have lacked the imagination to dream of another fate. 'Servi siam sì, ma servi ognor frementi. 'Yes! we are slaves, but slaves ever quivering with hope, says Alfieri, the most bold of our modern writers. There is so much soul in our fine arts that perhaps one day our character will be equal to our genius.
They had not been long married, and their eldest child was but just born. The father of their charge was one of those Italians nursed in the memory of the antique glory of Italy one among the schiavi ognor frementi, who exerted himself to obtain the liberty of his country. He became the victim of its weakness. Whether he had died or still lingered in the dungeons of Austria was not known.
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