Taylor comments, and France was the potential ally when Napoleon III was a member of the Carbonari and he was eager for national prestige and to break the 1815 settlement. ... Cavour was to make known to the world the Italian question and to exploit the enthusiasm of Napoleon III in order to exclude Austrian power from Italy. ... The Napoleon Conquest and reorganization of 'Italy' had revealed to Italians the advantages of enlightened laws and administration and secondly awaken them to a desire to free themselves from foreign rule. ...

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