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Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed u">
Benito Mussolini's unsuccessful dictatorship
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On this day in 1883 Benito Mussolini was born. He allied Italy with Nazi Germany and Japan in World War Two. Unlike Hitler, he was not good at putting his plans into fruition.
He failed to make Italy a powerhouse of economic production as Germany was, and his military campaigns often ended in disaster. History has been kinder to him than to Hitler but nevertheless, both men were monstrous dictators and each came to a sticky end.
Today’s poem is by William Butler Yeats, The Second Coming:
Turning and turning in the widening gyre
The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed u...Please subscribe to keep reading.