The House of the Fighting-Cocks (Classic Reprint)
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| Hersteller: | Forgotten Books (Baerlein, Henry) |
| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from The House of the Fighting-Cocks Whether I shall die to-morrow or in twenty years or thirty does not matter, for now I have written the last word of my book. It is the fifth of June, 1880. I have accomplished all that God has given me the strength to do. This poor memorial of my friends of long ago may be more durable than a stone monument, which few regard until the day comes when a revolutionary mob or General believe it is the statue of a tyrant and they drag it down; this manuscript of mine may cause my heroes to be known more clearly in the years to come than would a painting which the Governor of Veracruz, my State in Mexico´s Republic, would display to some rich foreigner who wishes to exploit the country, and the foreigner, not caring what the picture is, would pay the Governor as if, indeed, it were the picture of Two Early Saints by Fra Angelico. Whatever be the fate of monuments or paintings in another country, it is here among the most uncertain; while a manuscript will not be touched by any one who is unworthy to become the friend of my dear friend, Eugenio Gil. It is not seemly for a person such as I to say that all the world is dull, as I have often heard it said by venerable men, when they recall the stirring days in which they had a part. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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