He built a bus-cum-greenhouse that made a bold statement, but the plants in it didn't live very long.

a saline taste

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]

Did not Mazzini impart his spirit to divided Italy, and make her one?