The white-souled San Martin who was without fear and almost without reproach.

William Spence Robertson

The moral grandeur of San Martin consists in this: that nothing is known of the secret ambitions of his life; that he was in everything disinterested; that he confined himself strictly to his mission; and that he died in silence, showing neither weakness, pride, nor bitterness at seeing his work triumphant and his part in it forgotten.

Bartolome Mitre

San Martin was born in Spanish America, February 25, 1778

Became the Liberator of Argentina, 1812

Was the Hannibal of the Andes, 1817

He and O’Higgins liberated Chile, 1817-20

San Martin resigned after the meeting with Bolivar, 1822

In voluntary exile, he died at the age of 72, August 17, 1850