Francesco Crispi

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Excerpt from Francesco Crispi: Insurgent, Exile, Revolutionist and Statesman Reply for a moment, but looked at me with a severe, repelling half-frown, did not ask me to sit down, and when, after the lapse of several minutes, the silence was not broken, I begged him to believe that I had not come from journalistic curiosity, but in pursuance of orders from the Editor in order that the paper might give his policy its support. Always looking me in the eyes with the expression of a suspicious watch-dog, he finally replied curtly, The Government has no need of the support (appoggio) of the Press. In that case, Excellency, I replied I have the honour to say good morning, and, turning on my heel, I walked out with my back to him, and not saluting. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.