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Summary

CARDINAL ANTONELLl. LAST YEARS OF VICTOR EMMANUELS REIGN. 325 ^eat sorrow and strengthen that concord which has been thesalvation of Italy. Victor Emmanuels funeral in Rome was magnificent.Among the garlands laid upon his coffin was a wreath sentby Queen Victoria, On his tomb is inscribed : — VlTTORIO EmMANUELE II., THE FATHER OF HIS COUNTRY. Italy, with the pride of a Mother And the grief of a Daughter, beseeches for her great King, Who was a faithful Citizen and a victorious Soldier, The immortality that is due to the good man And to the Hero. The anecdotes of Victor Emmanuel in private life arevery numerous. We have space only for a few, but manyare told in his Life by G. S. Godkin. He rose early, and spent the first two hours of the dayin exercise. By the time most men begin to awake he wasready for a hard days work at his profession, as healways called his kingship. He was very hardy, and neverwore flannel, which may have been the cause of the chillwhich resulted in his death.

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