All efforts to obtain more information from Mazzini were in vain, but
one day when her name was mentioned, he said to Madge, 'The theologians represent the Crucifixion as the most sublime fact in the world's history. It was sublime, but let us reverence also
the Eternal Christ who is for ever being crucified for our salvation.'
'Father,' said a younger Clara to Baruch some ten years later as she
sat on his knee, 'I had an Aunt Clara once, hadn't I?'
'Yes, my child.' 'Didn't she go to Italy and die there?' 'Yes.'
'Why did she go?'
'Because she wanted to free the poor people of Italy who were
slaves.'