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Title: The Argosy
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: Wood, Henry, Mrs., 1814-1887 Wood, Charles W. (Charles William), b. 1850?
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Publisher: London (etc.) R. Bentley (etc.)
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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halo of romance andgrandeur and dignity surrounds the building through the names withwhich it is associated, the tombs of the great men it contains. Theinterior is not like Westminster, a confused gathering of busts andmonuments, which make of our beautiful Abbey nothing moreor less than a bewildering sculptors studio or huge monument yard.In Santa Croce the tombs are comparatively few, and for the mostpart limited to names that have made the country illustrious. It is indeed impossible to think of Florence without at once callingup a vision of the great men that have taken part in her history.They have been links in the chain of time, binding the beautiful cityto her country with a firm and steadfast hold. Venice, Rome,Naples, Florence—they must all be included in a History of Italy;and no record would be complete if one of the names were left out.True, the past of Florence has been more intellectual than political,but it may be questioned if she is not the more interesting on this
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Dantes House 142 In Sunny Climes. account. The name of Dante seems to inspire one with higheremotions than that of Caesar. The vision of a Gahleo searching the hidden pathways of the skies with his newly-discovered lens ismore elevating than that of a Nero playing the lyre whilst theascending flames of Rome cried aloud for a vengeance that did nottarry. Who can visit Florence and not think of Savonarola ? Who doesnot see rising up before him the long, stern, uncompromising face,and see in it all that is needed to the making of a wonderful preacher,a profound religious as well as political reformer ? In spite of hisfanaticism, in spite of his errors, we cannot hear his name without athrill of emotion as one of the reformers of the world, one of thegreat army of martyrs who have died for their cause, and made thewalking by faith of this life almost a walking by sight. Born at Ferrara in 1452, he became learned at an unusually earlyage in the study of the old Greek Philosophy, at that ti

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