WorkGiuseppe Mazzini
[Open letter of Mazzini to Pope Pius IX, 8 September 1847 / published New-York Daily Tribune 19 February 1848] Inferred
Giuseppe Mazzini (1805–1872)
InferredFuller responds to criticism of Mazzini's manner of addressing the Pope in a public letter, paraphrasing his language: "not from power to power, but from soul to soul." Hudspeth identified this as Mazzini's open letter to Pius IX, and Fuller's language closely mirrors the actual letter, indicating she has read it. Fuller quotes at length from Mazzini's own private writings or letters to her in Italian, explicitly framing her reference as "When I read from your hand these words" and engaging deeply with his reflections on exile and longing.
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Documented 1845–1849
Letters • Essays
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“The Italian patriots, at whose head stands the name of the honest Mazzini, are a guaranty for the truth of its contents.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Anniversary of the Polish Revolution." New-York Daily Tribune, 1 December 1845. · 1 December 1845
“the school for poor Italian boys, sustained and taught by a few of their exiled compatriots, and especially by the mind and efforts of Mazzini.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Things and Thoughts in Europe . . . IX." New-York Daily Tribune, 19 February 1847. · 19 February 1847
“I do not wonder that you were annoyed at his manner of addressing the Pope; but to me it seems that he speaks as he should,-near God and beyond the tomb; not from power to power, but from soul to soul, without regard to temporal dignities.”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. V. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.
Inferred Fuller responds to criticism of Mazzini's manner of addressing the Pope in a public letter, paraphrasing his language: "not from power to power, but from soul to soul." Hudspeth identified this as Mazzini's open letter to Pius IX, and Fuller's language closely mirrors the actual letter, indicating she has read it.
“Believe, most holy Father, in the feelings of veneration and of high hope which professors for you your most devoted JOSEPH MAZZINI.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Things and Thoughts in Europe . . . XXI." New-York Daily Tribune, 19 February 1848. · 19 February 1848
“When I read from your hand these words 'il lungo esilio teste ricominciato, la vita non confortata fuorche d'affetti lontani e contesi, e la speranza lungamente protratta e il desiderio che commincia a farmisi supremo di dormire finalmente in pace, dache non ho potuto vivere in terra mia”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. V. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.
Inferred Fuller quotes at length from Mazzini's own private writings or letters to her in Italian, explicitly framing her reference as "When I read from your hand these words" and engaging deeply with his reflections on exile and longing.
“There is a report that Mazzini is to be made Dictator, as Manin is in Venice, for a short time”
Fuller, Margaret. "Things and Thoughts in Europe . . . XXIX." New-York Daily Tribune, 16 May 1849. · 16 May 1849
“Mazzini I know, the man and his acts, great, pure and constant, —a man to whom only the next age can do justice, as he reaps the harvest of the seed he has sown”
Fuller, Margaret. "Things and Thoughts in Europe . . . XXXIII." New-York Daily Tribune, 11 August 1849. · 11 August 1849