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Berlioz--Overture, "The Roman Carnival...
Before 1914, when Italy was struggling to imitate her sister imperialists, the cry for a reincarnated Roman state followed each slight success. It followed the slow conquest of Tripoli, won after defeats at the hands of native troops, such as Caucasians have seldom undergone. It fed itself on the spirit of nationalism and a tariff to create industry. But up to the war, poverty remained the characteristic feature of the Italian state...
...although Imperialism has since been nourished by accretions of territory and the vaunts of a dictator, Italy is still impoverished, industrially, educationally. Mussolini has brought order. He is creating conditions favorable to industry and trade. But there would seem to be little to support the idea that the Roman Empire is about to flower into martial glory, except a persistent and lustrious sentiment...
Eucharistic Congress. No treasure is too great for Roman Catholics to pour out in their honoring of Christ. Kings brought rich gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the Infant. Mary Magdalene brought to Him her alabaster box of precious ointments and broke it at His feet in her repentance. Cathedrals have gone up in magnificent pomp for the housing of the Host. All have been for the honoring of Christ in the Eucharist...
...fact, is one of the most delectable that ever issued from the seven hills of Rome. It is a myth with no central events, being a nexus of personalities?a body of legend attaching to five extraordinary women and an ancient cardinal, whose life apart from and above modern Roman society and whose peculiar aptitudes, including the superlative one of appreciating one another, have earned them a title that falls sinister on western ears, the Cabala (clique...