Monday, April 10, 2023
Divine Punishment
Iris Origo, Leopardi: A Study in Solitude (Chappaqua: Helen Marx Books, 1999), p. 93:
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On St John's eve, 1817, an insurrection—the first in Italy—broke out in Macerata, with the object of overthrowing the Papal government. 'When God, the All Highest, wishes to punish His people, He places them under the government of fools'—so ran a proclamation posted one night upon the walls of Recanati...
