Spain from Within

SPAIN FROM WITHIN

KING ALFONSO XIII. IN HIS STUDY IN MADRID.

BY RAFAEL SHAW NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS 1910
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“For behold! this monstrous twenty million class, hitherto the dumb sheep which these others had to agree about the manner of shearing, is now also arising with hopes.” —Carlyle, “French Revolution.”


“Truth is an exile from our political world. Every faction and every group tells only that part of the truth which reflects discredit on its neighbour. Thus our political literature is interesting only as an archive of monstrosities. The other part of the truth—that which deals with the good qualities of the neighbour—is so out of fashion that nobody believes in its existence. To tell the truth to our politicians would be the greatest proof of friendship that could be offered to them. But who has sufficient courage to attempt it? No one in this world would venture upon so difficult, so disagreeable, and so dangerous a task. The result is that in Spain the only respect paid to the truth is to leave it unspoken.”—Nuevo Mundo, Madrid, Feb. 24, 1910.