raditions of Rome.

This task of intellectual liberation, now slowly being accomplished,
is no less important than the political deliverance brought about by
the Fascist Revolution. It is a great task which continues and
integrates the Risorgimento; it is now bringing to an end, after the
cessation of our political servitude, the intellectual dependence of
Italy.

Thanks to it, Italy again speaks to the world and the world listens to
Italy. It is a great task and a great deed and it demands great
efforts. To carry it through, we must, each one of us, free ourselves
of the dross of ideas and mental habits which two centuries of foreign
intellectualistic tradition have heaped upon us; we must not only take
on a new culture but create for ourselves a new soul. We must
methodically and patiently contribute something towards the organic
and complete elaboration of our doctrine, at the same time supporting
it both at home and abroad with untiring devotion. We ask this effort
of renovation and collaboration of all Fascists, as well as of all who
feel themselves to be Italians. After the hour of sacrifice comes the
hour of unyielding efforts. To our work, then, fellow countrymen, for
the glory of Italy!

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FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 1: Translated from the Italian.]

[Footnote 2: "civitates quae non reguntur ab uno dissenionibus
laborant et absque pace fluctuant. E contrario civitates quae sub uno
rege reguntur pace gaudent, iustitia florent et affluentia rerum
laetantur." (De reg. princ. I. c. 2).]

[Footnote 3: "ideo manifustum est, quod multitudo est sicut tyrannuus,
quare operationes multitudinis sunt iniustae. ergo non expedit
multitudinem dominari." (Comm. In Polit. L. III. lectio VIII).]

[Footnote 4: Rivista internazionale di filosofia del diritto V. 351.]

[Footnote 5: Montemayor. Riv. Int. etc. p. 370.]

[Footnote 6: della unita italiana. Scritti, Vol. III.]

[Footnote 7: I sistemi e la democrazia. Scritti, Vol. VII.]

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THE PHILOSOPHIC BASIS OF FASCISM
BY GIOVANNI GENTILE

For the Italian nation the World War was the solution of a deep
spiritual crisis. They willed and fought it long before they felt and
evaluated it. But they willed, fought, felt and evaluated it in a
certain spirit which Italy's generals and statesmen exploited, but
which also worked on them, conditioning their policies and their
action. The spirit