{"date":"January 5","id":"01-05","intro":["Mazzini labored for the freedom of Italy, but was exiled. Byron and Goethe also battled for liberty. Mazzini wrote an essay in which he compared Byron to a soaring eagle and Goethe to a contented stork."],"minutes":39,"readings":[{"author":"Giuseppe Mazzini","end":396,"start":377,"volume":32,"work":"Byron and Goethe"}],"slug":"january-5","status":"proofread","title":"The Soaring Eagle and Contented Stork","url":"/harvard-classics/january-5/","words":7805}