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Updated: June 2, 2025

Garibaldi, when no battle was raging or danger near if in the city, selected some lofty belfry-tower; if in the country, climbed the loftiest peak; and, with brief minutes of repose under his saddle-tent, literally lived on horseback, posting his own pickets, making his own observations, sometimes passing hours in perfect silence, scanning the most distant and minute objects through his telescope.

- The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 17