They were on exactly the same wavelength as Massim d'Azeglio who said, after Italy had been politically unified :' We have made Italy, now we have to make Italians', that is out of the inhabitants of the peninsula who had all sorts of identities, but not one based on a language they did not speak, and a state that had come into existence over their heads.
They were listening to the same radio frequency as Massim d'Azeglio who said, after Italy had been politically unified :' We have made Italy, now we have to make Italians', that is out of the inhabitants of the peninsula who had all sorts of identities, but not one based on a language they did not speak, and a state that had come into existence over their heads.