jan 1, 1858 - Giuseppe Mazzini published “Duties Towards Your County”

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called for a centralized democratic republic based on universal male suffrage and the will of the people.


Mazzini argued that language, historic traditions, and divine purpose defined a national people, and he called for the liberation of Italian territories from foreign governments (such as Austria) and unification based on “harmony and brotherhood.”

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