HARRO HARRING,

AUTHOR OF POLAND UNDER THE DOMINION OF RUSSIA”—“ MEMOIRES SUR
LA JEUNE ITALIE"-ETC., ETC., ETC.

EIGHT BOOKS-COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.

THIRD (STEREOTYPE) EDITION.

NEW YORK AND LONDON.

1853

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.

NEW YORK: DOLORES OFFICE, 1 BOWERY, CORNER OF DIVISION STREET.

LONDON: J. WATSON, 3 QUEEN'S-HEAD PASSAGE, PATERNOSTER-ROW.

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
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JULY 10, 1940

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by
PAUL HARRO-HARRING,

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HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION

TO MAZZINI.

MY DEAR FRIEND:

In conformity to your consent, I take the liberty of dedicating to you the present Edition of my stereotyped work," Dolores."

the Honorable Alexander H. Everett, late Ambassador of the United States to China.*

I have "got knocked on the head for my labors"-since I did recognize the duties of man towards his neighbors.

The "Shilling subscription of 1852, in aid of I discovered by experience the fate of nations, European freedom, the funds raised to be de- suffering under the yoke of Monarchy" By the posited in your hands "-induced me to offer to Grace of God," and I endeavored to designate you, October last, for the same aim and pur-the means of deliverance and redemption from pose; a part of the proceeds of this Work, the Evil of Slavery. from all Editions during three years. Those means I recognised as National associaYou did accept my proposition, although, ex-tions of all classes, to amalgamate people of adpressing your doubt in the circulation and vanced civilization with people of less develextension of "Dolores," at the present epoch in opements: Enlightenment by education of Europe-where the defence of the universal those, until that time, neglected classes of the cause of freedom and humanity is considered as nation, by whose industry, labor, and activity, a crime, and all literary works in the same the material progress of a country is especially spirit are prohibited, even before they are flourishing, and which represents the real published. power of a nation. No privileged classes, neiknowledgment of all labor, of mental and handither privilege from above, nor from below; ac

I decided on a voyage to the United States, for the purpose of a new Edition of" Dolores," -without parting from my hopes as a European, with regard to the victory of truth and

common sense in future.

craft.

tutional Monarchy, in Poland, in a kind of finHaving accomplished my studies on Constiishing school, under the usurpation of one of I, for my part, participated in the struggles the most outrageous tyrants of our Century.† I of nations for their deliverance, not only defend-reflected on the futurity of Europe. ing the rights of men by means of the Press; I recognised the undisputable truth, that but particularly, also, in the struggles of many mankind, consisting of nations, will never be nations, by personal activity from my early youth, until the present day; and I shall never regret to have sacrificed all pretension and all claims to happiness, for the recognized, acknowledged cause of freedom and humanity.

"When a man has no freedom to fight for at home,
Let him combat for that of his neighbors;
Let him think of the glories of Greece and of Rome,
And get knocked on the head for his labors."

free without a practical Alliance of Nations, on the base of their reciprocal nationalities, in the spirit of Humanity. I conceived "Mankind" as being a Chaos of which no freedom, (as the means of all civilization,) would ever be realized, without the independence of every nation; the creation of" forms," of Laws, conformable to the divine principles of Equality, Brotherhood, and Justice.

Can this truth be refuted by emigrating With those sublime words, Byron expressed hide their selfishness behind the motto: Ubi Cosmopolites and Philanthropists? Can they the very same thought, which inspired himself bene ibi patria? May they abandon their and me, at the same time, when he wrote those brethren in dungeons, sacrificed for freedom lines, July, 1821. I left my natal Country, and humanity, by pure sentiment of patriotism, Denmark, departing from Copenhagen for their "practical philosophy," (as they call it,) Greece, as one of the first Philhellenes; offer- does not discharge Man from his duties toing my life for the sake of freedom-to act in wards Mankind. The experiences of a quarter conformity to my word; which was already de- of a century of our political lives, Mazzini ! posited and published in the form of poetry. has approved the above truth, the difference Thus I left my home when a youth; and between Emigrant and Exile; and the active since that time my life has been a continuance Alliance of all Nations remains the only of striving and struggling for the same princi-means of deliverance from the yoke of moral ples, rejecting all the brilliant and lucrative and material slavery. positions offered to me, with the condition of acknowledging the usurping power of Tyranny Church and Monarchy.

My life is known to you by intimate communications-and partly to the American public, by a biographical sketch, written by a friend,

*See Alexander H. Everett's Miscellaneous Writings. 2 Volumes. Monroe & Co., Boston.

Cochrane, 1831. Also, published in the Swedish, the † See Poland under the Dominion of Russia. London: French, and the German languages.

Where I feel well, there is my native country.