Their mistakes must be forgiven, because the good they did was greater than their faults. Men cannot be more perfect than the sun. The sun burns with the same light rays that warm us up. The sun has spots. Ungrateful men only talk about the spots.
Grateful men talk about the light.
His eyes sparkled, and words poured from his lips. It seemed as though he was always ready to ride his horse. His country, his oppressed country, saddened his heart, and he was not able to resign himself. All of America was awakening. The Spaniards had defeated him, they had expelled him from his country.