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Show Garibaldi as a mere politician, the London Times says, is nothing. His mind is full of vague, impracticable fancies, picked up at the feet of the wildest social theorists, and tossed about in a brain far too active for the patient solution of social and political problems. He is at the mercy of schemers and plotters, who trade on his vast influence for their own personal ends, and if he were listened to seriously he might soon throw away in council all that he has gained by the sword??. But as a man of action he has more than once shown himself irresistible. His is the faith which overcomes obstacles by sheer force of will, coupled with singleness of purpose and with that strange magnetic influence over men which has shown itself so potent in all his enterprises. |