Garibaldi is mentioned a couple of times in HESP, but only in passing. I think I remember a Churchillian gag, something along the lines of Garibaldi being compared to someone, but history "not recording what the Italians made of that." I may have it wrong but it stuck in my mind because I like Garibaldi and was amused by WSC's phrase.
But I am not aware of any ringing phrases, which surprises me - I would have thought WSC would have admired Garibaldi's elan, daring, and significance. I suspect that France rather than Italy was his interest. Maybe someone else knows of one? On 27 Feb 2014, at 20:53, Allen Packwood <allen.packw...@chu.cam.ac.uk> wrote: > Dear Wolfgang, > > Thank you very much for your most interesting enquiry. I am sure that > Churchill must have referenced Garibaldi in some of his writings and I am > copying this email to the Archives Centre reading room team, to Churchill > expert Richard Langworth in North America, and to our Churchill listserv to > see what people can turn up. > > All very best wishes, > > Allen > > Director > Churchill Archives Centre > Churchill College > Registered Charity: 1137476 > (0)1223 336175 > > Churchill College 50th Anniversary - Building the future > > Personal data supplied in the course of an enquiry will be kept within > Churchill College and may be used for administrative purposes within the > terms of the Data Protection Act (1988). > > > > From: Wolfgang Richter [mailto:wolfganghrich...@mac.com] > Sent: 27 February 2014 19:29 > To: ag...@cam.ac.uk > Cc: Garibaldi-Hibbert Francesco; Kurt Huebner; diTrolio Rocco > Subject: Garibaldi & Churchill: quotes for Giuseppe Garibaldi Legacy Pavilion > > Dear Professor Packwood: > > I recently saw your commentary in a documentary about Winston Churchill in > WWI... > > I am writing you from Vancouver, British Columbia, where we have a mountain > and provincial park (see map below....) dedicated to Giuseppe Garibaldi and, > in commemoration of Garibaldi's contribution to the Unification of Italy 150 > years ago, as well as his triumphal visit to London in April 1864, am > involved with the family of Garibaldi in Europe in creating a Giuseppe > Garibaldi Legacy Pavilion along the highway between Vancouver and Whistler to > provide much needed historic information about this great Italian "Hero of > Two Worlds". > > We are certainly aware of Winston Churchill's interest in Garibaldi and the > compliment Churchill provided him by parphrasing paraphrase Garibaldi's July > 2, 1849 war-cry when rallying his revolutionary forces in Rome, ("Offro fame, > sete, marce forzate, battaglie e morte" / "I offer hunger, thirst, forced > marches, battle, and death.") with "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, > tears, and sweat..." > > My question is if you may be aware of the existence any direct quote or > opinion Mr. Churchill might have made about Garibaldi in his writings or > speeches. For example, The distinguished English historian, A.J.P. Taylor, > went so far as to state that "...Garibaldi is the only wholly admirable > figure in modern history" adding, he "... pretty well carried out half of the > unification process on his own." > > We would be grateful for any assistance you could provide us with in this > regard, as well as any other quotes or reference you might be familiar with > from other great men of History such Ghandi, Nehru, Madela, etc. > > Thank you, > Wolfgang Richter > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ChurchillChat" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to churchillchat+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to churchillchat@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
