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Title: The desk book of facts for physicians and pharmacistis
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Walsh, Ralph, 1841- (from old catalog)
Subjects: Medicine
Publisher: Washington, D.C.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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haracter ofthe queen appeared in a most charming light and thatof the king strong and sturdy. At Milan the king visited his old tutor, GeneralOssio, whom he had just made a count and who thenlay dying; and together the sovereigns sought outVerdis grave. Particular attention was paid by HisMajesty to the electrical plant at Vizzola, one of thelargest in the world. To furnish hydraulic force forthe almost universal use of electricity in Italy muchof the water supply formerly used in irrigation is nowturned into water-falls, White Coal, as they arecalled. It is estimated that this supply affords a po-tency of about five million horsepower. The enthusiasm and spontaneity of the greetings ex-tended to the sovereigns in 1901 in the metropolis,where three years before it was necessary to raise barri-cades, was an event of real importance. Nothing could be more solemn than the struggle ofFrancesco Crispi against death. His nature was likethat of the tough oaks of Albania, whence his ancestors
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Queen Helene. Italy at the Present Day 295 came to Sicily; and his life was a tenacious struggleto the last. On this account he had both friends andbitter enemies; but finally all conceded that first of alla great man had died, perhaps the last great Italianof the classic period of Italys regeneration. Historymust often speak of him, and although she will beobliged to connect his name with the sad fame ofAdowa, she will say that he loved Italy most passion-ately, that he longed to see her great and among themightiest of the earth. When Alexander Fortis wentto Naples to see the famous old man then battling withdeath, he exclaimed: Thou art still a giant and weare but pygmies. This exclamation expressed thegeneral impression produced in Italy and all over theworld by his death, which occurred in Naples on thenth of August, 1901. After incessant activity in the government, Crispihad retired at the age of seventy-seven, heart-brokenfrom personal abuse and party strife. Although hislast ye

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