Monday, May 5, 2025

Diary of George Templeton Strong: February 25, 1860

Efficient in Wall Street. Pio Nono, “the Pope, that pagan full of pride,” is on bad terms with the Eldest Son of the Church, that unprincipled Ghibelline, Louis Napoleon. Unless the Ravaillacs and Jacques elements are extinct, Louis Napoleon may be in danger.

SOURCE: Allan Nevins and Milton Halset Thomas, Editors, Diary of George Templeton Strong, Vol. 3, p. 11

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