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FELICE See also:CAVALLOTTI (1842-1898)
, See also:Italian politician, poet and dramatic author, was See also:born at See also:Milan on the 6th of See also:November 1842
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In 1860 and 1866 he fought with the Garibaldian See also:Corps, but first attained notoriety by his See also:anti-monarchical lampoons in the Gazzetta di Milano and in the Gazzettina See also:Rosa between 1866 and 1872
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Elected to See also:parliament as See also:deputy for Corteolona in the latter See also:year, he took the See also:oath of See also:allegiance after having publicly impugned its validity
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Eloquence and turbulent, combativeness in and out of parliament secured for him the See also:leader-See also:ship of the extreme See also:Left on the See also:death of See also:Bertani in 1886
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During his twelve years' leadership his party increased in number from twenty to seventy, and at the See also:time of his death his See also:parliamentary See also:influence was greater than ever before
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Though ambitious and addicted to defamatory methods of See also:personal attack which sometimes savoured of See also:political See also:blackmail, See also:Cavallotti's eloquent advocacy of democratic reform, and apparent generosity of sentiment, secured for him a popularity surpassed by that of no contemporary See also:save See also:Crispi
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Services rendered in the See also:cholera epidemic of 1885, his numerous lawsuits and See also:thirty-three duels, his See also:bitter See also:campaign against Crispi, and his championship of See also:French interests, combined to enhance his notoriety and to increase his political influence
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By skilful alliances with the See also:marquis di Rudini he more than once obtained See also:practical See also:control of the Italian See also:government, and exacted notable concessions to See also:Radical demands
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He was killed on the 6th of See also:
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