Request translation from Italian of Lord Palmerston quote about Schleswig-Holstein question

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Dear Wilson,
  Many thanks for your help. Other individuals have responded with
translations. The agreement on the underlying semantics reduces the
probability of  a serious gaffe in the article I eventually will post.

With gratitude, Garson

On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 11:39 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
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>               about Schleswig-Holstein question
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> On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 9:34 PM, ADSGarson O'Toole
> <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The Danish question, or rather the Schleswig-Holstein was so
>> complicated and obscure that Lord Palmerston having failed
>> diplomatically to prevent the war, he used to jokingly tell, that only
>> three people knew thoroughly the tangled dispute. One was the Prince
>> Alberto, who unfortunately had died, and the second a man of the
>> Danish government, he was crazy, and the third he Lord Palmerston, who
>> had forgotten.
>
> The Danish question or, rather, the Schleswig-Holstein question, was
> so complicated and complex that, after Lord Palmerston had failed to
> prevent the war by means of diplomacy, it used to be said, jokingly,
> that only three people had a thorough understanding of the convoluted
> dispute. One was Prince Albert, who, unfortunately, was dead. The
> second, a member of the Danish diplomatic corps, had lost his mind,
> and the third was Lord Palmerston himself, who had forgotten.
>
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