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The following is quoted from "Modern Mexican Authors", by Frederick Starr. [Published by The Open Court Publishing Co., Chicago, 1904.]
"No one who knows not the Mexican Indian village can appreciate the heroism of the man, who, born of Indian parents, in such surroundings attains to eminence in the nation. It is true that the Aztec mind is keen, quick, receptive; true that the poorest Indian of that tribe delights in things of beauty; true that the proverb and pithy saying in their language show a philosophic perception. But after all this is admitted, the horizon of the Indian village is narrow; there are few motives to inspiration; life is hard and monotonous. It must indeed be a divine spark that drives an Aztec village boy to rise above his surroundings, to gain wide outlook, to achieve notable things.