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to have American fathers and
mothers pass by the noble monument, pointing out to their children the
statue and telling them the marvelous story of Simón Bolívar.
In a book as brief as this it is impossible to present documents or to
give long quotations. Nevertheless, we may fairly affirm that all
statements herein made are substantiable by documentary evidence. We
have consulted all the books and pamphlets which have been at hand

and have studied both sides of debatable questions regarding Bolívar.
To follow a chronological order we have been guided by the beautiful
biography written by Larrazábal, the man called by F. Lorain Petre "the
greatest flatterer of Bolívar." That this assertion is false is proved in the
first volume cited below. Petre's monograph contains apparent
earmarks of impartiality, but in reality it is nothing but a bitter attack on
the reputation of Bolívar. Its translator, a distinguished Venezuelan
writer, is to be thanked for the serenity with which he has destroyed his
imputations. We find nothing to add in defense of the Liberator.
The following studies have been particularly consulted:
"Bolívar--por los más grandes escritores americanos, precedido de un
estudio por Miguel de Unamuno," Madrid and Buenos Aires, 1914,
a book containing the following monographs:
"Simón Bolívar," by Juan Montalvo (Ecuadorian) "Simón Bolívar," by
F. García Calderón (Peruvian) "Simón Bolívar," by P.M. Arcaya
(Venezuelan) "Bolívar y su campaña de 1821," by General L. Duarte
Level (Mexican)[1] "Bolívar en el Perú," by A. Galindo (Colombian)
"Simón Bolívar," by B. Vicuña Mackenna (Chilean) "Simón Bolívar,"
by J.B. Alberdi (Argentinean) "Simón Bolívar," by José Martí (Cuban)
"El ideal internacional de Bolívar," by Francisco José Urrutia
(Colombian) "La entrevista de Guayaquil," by Ernesto de la Cruz
(Chilean) "Bolívar, escritor," by Blanco-Fombona (Venezuelan)
"Bolívar," by F. Lorain Petre (North American)[2] "Bolívar," by J.E.
Rodó (Uruguayan) "Bolívar, íntimo," by Cornelio Hispano (Colombian)
"Bolívar, profesor de energía," by José Veríssimo (Brazilian) "Bolívar,
legislador," by Jorge Ricardo Vejarano (Colombian)
"Discursos y Proclamas--Simón Bolívar," R. Blanco-Fombona, Paris.
"Documentos para la Vida Pública del Libertador" por Blanco y
Azpurúa, Caracas. "El Libertador de la América del Sur," Guzmán
Blanco, London, 1885. "Estudio Histórico," Aristides Rojas, Caracas,
1884. "La Creación de un Continente," F. García Calderón, Paris. "La
Entrevista de Bolívar y San Martín en Guayaquil," Camilo Destruge,
Guayaquil, 1918. "La última enfermedad, los últimos momentos y los
funerales de Simón Bolívar," Dr. A.P. Révérend, Paris, 1866.
"Leyendas Históricas," A. Rojas, Caracas, 1890. "Memorias de
O'Leary," translated from English by Simón B. O'Leary, Caracas, 1883.
"Orígenes del Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho," discursos del Señor D.

Felipe Francia, Caracas, 1920. "Papeles de Bolívar," Vicente Lecuna,
Caracas, 1917. "Pensamientos consagrados a la memoria del
Libertador," Caracas, 1842. "Recuerdos del Tiempo Heróico--Pájinas
de la vida militar i política del Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho," José
María Rey de Castro, Guayaquil, 1883. "Resúmen de la Historia de
Venezuela," Baralt y Díaz, Paris, 1841. "Simón Bolívar," Arturo Juega
Farrulla, Montevideo, 1915. "Vida de Simón Bolívar," Larrazábal,
Madrid, 1918; also sixth edition of same book, New York, Andres
Cassard, 1883.
[Footnote 1: Duarte Level is not Mexican but Venezuelan.]
[Footnote 2: Lorain Petre is not North American but English.]
For the use of various documents, articles, and papers, we are also
indebted to Dr. Manuel Segundo Sánchez, Director of the National
Library of Caracas, Venezuela, as well as to Dr. Julius Goebel of the
University of Virginia for his kindness in letting us examine his notes
on certain papers existing in the files of the State Department in
Washington.
We beg to express our sincere gratitude to Miss Edith H. Murphy of
Bay Ridge High School and St. Joseph College of Brooklyn, and to Dr.
C.E. McGuire of the Inter American High Commission, for their
revision of the original manuscript and their very valuable suggestions
regarding the subject matter and the style.
For the appreciations and judgments appearing in this monograph, its
author assumes full responsibility.

Table of Contents
Chapter Introduction
I. The Spanish Colonies in America
II. Bolívar's Early Life. Venezuela's First Attempt to Obtain
Self-Government (1783-1810)
III. The Declaration of Independence, July 5, 1811. Miranda's Failure
(1811-1812)
IV. Bolívar's First Expedition. The Cruelty of War (1812-1813)

V. Bolívar's First Victories (1813)
VI. Araure. Ribas Triumphs in La Victoria. A Wholesale Execution
(1813-1814)
VII. The Heroic Death of Ricaurte. Victory of Carabobo and Defeat of
La Puerta (1814)
VIII. Bolívar in Exile and Morillo in Power. The "Jamaica Letter"
(1814-1815)
IX. Bolívar's Expedition and New Exile. He Goes to Guayana
(1815-1817)
X. Piar's Death. Victory of Calabozo. Second Defeat at La Puerta.
Submission of Páez (1817-1818)
XI. The Congress of Angostura. A great Address. Campaigning in the
Plains (1819)
XII. Bolívar Pays His Debt to Nueva Granada. Boyacá. A Dream
Comes True (1819)
XIII. Humanizing War. Morillo's Withdrawal (1820)
XIV. The Second Battle of Carabobo. Ambitions