BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1905-04-13
EDITORIAL

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great ~ogk
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rcpsuscniAison g tais pcop.c - The
august ~ r'aoust> sele atca every
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ossllenge q immOiia. gsOry.
The resolution ~ suitably observe
,he great event a. sn honos - ihv
A;eueo. l. wss introduced By DoNior
OatN Nedo SAca snG unanimously
approved ~ Tic board aud a com
mission appointed 10 arrange he dei-
ailS { he ce ebraiion. II viii call on
the } resident q the spanish Casino
in orcer 10 aSSoclAi, both or.snlza-
tions IN a proper observance # the
third centenary Of Don Quixoie
What happy Thought
To have the TWO ORGANIZATIONS com
bined. as one might say. the Porto ki-
can aud Spanish souls united, knee
ling AT the sacred ALTAR before the mat
chless genius OF that Spanish lumInary
which Is cons ocrated IN the great tenn
pies of the world.
In the concer; OF the Latin race
whose harmonies OF love viii reach
from continent TO continent, living
through the years, palpnatlng IN the
centuries thar seem days OF sun in
sky without clouds to dim its glory.
will resound a note Of wondrous
sweetness and ineifable content which
will be heard by The discoverer OF
Nation and be beautiful message Of
the Porto KicAn personality.
1t is that which completes The exqul-
site harmony, 1t is Porto Rico uniting
in the supreme cele Dration OF "Don
Quixote
This has deep significance which
cannot be over estim ted, neither can
it be concealed.
The Spanish American Republics
and the Spanish Nation do not unite
in this embrace only to consecrate the
divinity of the .enlas Of Cervantes; II
has deeper meaning II Is the co
mmand Of he spirit of the rAce which
is seeking a new aud closer relation.
And this spantuai command baS CO.
me to Porto Rico
To the isaad which has no reason
to disguise its sym pAihles with the true
glories Of the Spanish Nation, tor a
land In which two civilizations, two
reaces. are standing face to face, a /
land of prodigios where eliminates the
life of the spiritand the life Of dreams
and the life CT art
The palticipatlon Of the Porto Rican
Ateneo in tht unlVelsal tribute 70 Ger
vanles, Is a source Of satisfaction and
pride for Ii Is sn organization OF cuj-
ture and the center OF intellectual
grandeur temple in which vlbrates
the harps al our musicians, the Zlihers
Of the IoSt, ana in which altaIs have
been raised t. genius in sll lts*reveal
atoms
1t is thea potheoSls OF The sovereign
genius Of the great@Cervaptes, TO that
illustrlous prince Of t.lenled Spaniards
before whose Work nations have bo-
wed, sucn artistic people as the Ger
mars, as INSPIRED as the French as
favored as the Eng isb, who have their
and the Portuguese, who
have Camoens. There is nothing in |
Porto Rico that could have a more
representation than the
celebration at the .Ateneo, which is
fully appreciated by It's distinguished
President, Dr. Que vedc BAez.
Ger antes is the sun III the brilliant
of nations. he is the
God of the language in which All
these young republics communicate,
he is the eternal conqueror who no
one thinks TO txpel from america bee.
ause there is no weight in his donIi-
Mon.
Cervsntes is mere glorious than
Pizarro than Cortesi than Ponce de
Leon, because he is the soul Of an
bic conquest that has neither
lords or slaves. nat does not stain
with blood or the clay If injustice.
The importance of the celebration
Of the tri centenary Of Don Quixote
its full Significance must not be igno
red by the obscure func,ionaries who
might with advan age employ part of
their leisure time in reading Don
Qlixote instead OF occupying it in
experimental and unnecessary excur-
sions. Many useful things might be
learned, necessary to be known by
hose who aspire to become Insular 60
venors.