Etext transcriber's note: Any of the images may be seen at an enlarged size by clicking on them. The use ofSpanish accents in this text varies and has not been altered (ie. bothSenor and Señor [tilde n], Senora and Señora [tilde n], José [acuteaccented letter e] and Jose appear; both Nunez and Nuñez [tilde n], Martiand Martí [acute accented i], Carreno and Carreño appear [tilde n].) Several typographical errors have beencorrected (Almandares=>Almendares, Donate=>Donato, etc.). |
The first great apostle and martyr of the Cuban War of Independence,José Martí, was born in Havana on January 28, 1853, and fell in battleat Dos Rios on May 19, 1895. He was a Professor of Literature, Doctor ofLaws, economist, philosopher, essayist, journalist, poet, historian,statesman, tribune of the people, organizer of the final and triumphantcause of Cuban freedom. He suffered imprisonment in Spain and exile inMexico, Guatemala, and the United States, doing his crowning work in thelast-named country as the vitalizing and energizing head of the CubanJunta in New York. His fame must be lasting as the nation which hefounded, wide as the world which he adorned.
BY
WILLIS FLETCHER JOHNSON
A.M., L.H.D.
Author of "A Century of Expansion," "Four Centuries of
the Panama Canal," "America's Foreign Relations"
Honorary Professor of the History of American Foreign
Relations in New York University
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