I doubt whether any man of his generation exercised so profound an influence on the destinies of Europe as did Mazzini. The map of Europe as we see it to-day is the map of Joseph Mazzini. He was the prophet of free nationality, but free nationality based on right, based above all on duty—the rights and duties of individuals, the rights and duties of races, the rights and duties and ideals of humanity.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I doubt whether any man of his generation exercised so profound an influence on the destinies of Europe as did Mazzini. The map of Europe as we see it to-day is the map of Joseph Mazzini. He was the prophet of free nationality, but free nationality based on right, based above all on duty—the rights and duties of individuals, the rights and duties of races, the rights and duties and ideals of humanity." in the context of "David Lloyd George, speech to a Mazzini celebration organised by the Lega Italiana in Wigmore Hall, London (28 June 1922), quoted in The Times (29 June 1922), p. 17" to mean that wisdom is timeless.