Addresses At the Several Receptions in Honor of the Royal Italian War Commission in New York
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They in- clude the whole citizenship of New York, regardless of party, regardless of faith, regardless of social dis- tinction ; that whole citizenship speaks with one voice in its welcome to this company of eminent Italians. Tonight the name that is on our lips, the thought that is in our hearts, the history and achievements which we like to recall, are those of Italy. That na- tion binds together the ancient world and the world in which we live. Take it away and history in its continuity is d...estroyed. That nation is the link be- tween East and West. Over its plains and mountains and through its gates have come for two thousand [10] THE ROYAL ITALIAN WAR COMMISSION years a great procession of ideas and ideals to make the civilization which is ours, and which we at this moment are in arms to defend. Strike out Italy and there goes at one blow the best of the world's art; its painting, its sculpture, its music, its architecture, are hopelessly wrecked and destroyed. Strike out Italy and the world's poetry and letters, the world's science and practical accom- plishment, are broken in half.
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