"[…] of all those with an interest in our success, nobody acquitted himself with more consequence, goodwill and intelligence, and to greater effect, than Count Capo d’Istria. I met him 92 times and always found him true to himself, a most excellent guide, a most excellent adviser, and tirelessly patient, though what was happening in Switzerland frequently gave him just cause to give up in disgust. And the far more consequential negotiations over Poland and Saxony, which had been largely entrusted to him, could have given him an excuse to be indifferent to the interests of little Geneva."
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Cramer Lucien, Correspondance diplomatique de Pictet de Rochemont et de François d’Ivernois, Paris, Vienne, Turine 1814-1816, 2 vol. Genève-Paris 1914, I, XXIII
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Ioannis Kapodistrias
Ioannis Kapodistrias (10 or 11 February 1776 – 9 October 1831) was a politician, distinguished diplomat, architect of the Greek independence, founder and first governor of the modern Hellenic State. He also served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia under Tsar Alexander I.
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