Mazzini labored for the freedom of Italy, but was exiled. Byron and Goethe also battled for liberty. Mazzini wrote an essay in which he compared Byron to a soaring eagle and Goethe to a contented stork. (Volume 32, Harvard Classics)
Byron arrived in Greece to fight for Greek freedom, Jan. 5, 1824.
Introductory Note: Ralph Waldo Emerson
Heroism, by Ralph Waldo Emerson
Introductory Note: Adam Smith
The Wealth of Nations (Book I, Ch. IV), by Adam Smith
Introductory Note: Thomas Hood
Poems, by Thomas Hood
Introductory Note: Alessandro Manzoni
I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed, Ch. I), by Alessandro Manzoni
Introductory Note: Alexander Pope
An Essay on Man (Epistle IV), by Alexander Pope
Introductory Note: Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Sonnets, by William Shakespeare
Introductory Note: Epictetus
The Golden Sayings of Epictetus, by Epictetus
Introductory Note: Hans Christian Andersen
Little Ida’s Flowers, by Hans Christian Andersen
Introductory Note: Socrates and Plato
The Apology of Socrates, by Plato
Introductory Note: Ernest Renan
The Poetry of the Celtic Races (Ch. II), by Ernest Renan
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