You will feel it in that sad and proud wrath which will drive the blood to your brow when you hear insults to your country from the mouth of a stranger. You will feel it in more proud and vigorous measure on the day when the menace of a hostile race shall call forth a tempest of fire upon your country, and when you shall behold arms raging on every side, youths thronging in legions, fathers kissing their children and saying, "Courage!" mothers bidding adieu to their young sons and crying, "Conquer!" You will feel it like a joy divine if you have the good fortune to behold the re-entrance to your town of the regiments, weary, ragged, with thinned ranks, yet terrible, with the splendor of victory in their eyes, and their banners torn by bullets, followed by a vast convoy of brave fellows, bearing their bandaged heads and their stumps of arms loftily, amid a wild throng, which covers them with flowers, with blessings, and with kisses. Then you will comprehend the love of country; then you will feel your country, Enrico. It is a grand and sacred thing. May I one day see you return in safety from a battle fought for her, safe,--you who are my flesh and soul; but if I should learn that you have preserved your life because you were concealed from death, your father, who welcomes you with a cry of joy when you return from school, will receive you with a sob of anguish, and I shall never be able to love you again, and I shall die with that dagger in my heart.
外国人如果对于我国有无礼的言语，怒必从心头突发，一旦和外国有交涉时，对于祖国的爱，格外容易发生。战争终止，疲惫的军队凯旋的时候，见了那被弹丸打破了的军旗，见了那裹着绷带的兵士高举着打断了的兵器在群众喝彩声中通过，你的感激欢喜将怎样啊！那时，你自能真正了解爱国的意义吧。那时，你自会觉到自己与国家成为一体了吧。这是高尚神圣的感情。将来你为国出战，我愿见你平安凯旋——你是我的骨肉，愿你平安自不必说。但是，如果你做了犀怯无耻的行径，偷生而返，那么，现在你从学校回来时这样欢迎你的父亲，将以万斛之泪来迎接你，父子不能再如旧相爱，终而至于断肠忧愤而死。

Thy Father.
——父亲——