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Giuseppe Garibaldi

To this wonderful page in our country's history another more glorious still will be added, and the slave shall show at last to his free brothers a sharpened sword forged from the links of his fetters.

Giuseppe Garibaldi

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Garibaldi is saying that a new, even more remarkable event will happen in the country's history, surpassing the current achievements. He envisions that enslaved people will transform their past suffering into strength and power, symbolized by a sword made from their chains, to stand equally with free citizens.

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