El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-01-15
: COMRADS,
ATTENTION !!

5l ID 49, . - 81 pie who listen read what they
sa6 es speak or write The people of our
country these thinkers explain cannot will not APP
precate the labor Of their intellectual spiritual guides
hear often these guides particularly the writer's
complaining against the indifference OF our contryme
e Porto Ricans lot of unappreciative people, in
1y other country efforts would be fully understood
"and due credit, moral and pecuniary be accorded to
u "them;" etc.
d The last moan is exactly equivalent to this that
day in the future when Porto Rico has progressed UP
to the level where other countries find themselves
q to-day the abors of the present generation OF Porto kl
can writer's will be fully appreciated There should be
plenty of for consolation for these workers. l. e.,
thinkers intellectual and spiritual guides, if they were
made of the real stuff since it is we'll known fact that
good many of Intellectual spiritual workers are not
recognized during their life time Their work great
panscendenta that it takes the common people con-
siderable time to make up their minds that the work per
formed was really worth while; and by the time the
people wake up the orator. the writer the artist the
81 thinker, is dead and buried.
Iriarte the Spanish fablis quote often refers
in of his Incompatible fables to this particular class
of ckers. He says that good Of these people who
write for nobody because nobody understand them often
find consolation I'M the hope of the verdict that they ima
CINE posterity will pass their work. Of course let it
be understood that the Porto Rcan leaders Of thought
we have in in which belong to the class alluded to by
iour MASTER iarte have nothing in common whatsoever
with the THE REAL thinkers of the present generation,
who may be able to have REAL influence spiritual ascen
q dency, in Porto Rico
Our advice to the discomfort in this line of occupation
is that before complaining against the peoples ndlffer
ence is better inquire about the cause for certainly
there must be cause and serious too, why the
people here do not respond The people, the common
readers the general public cannot be expected to inter
pret u.s. but must be their interpreters We must find
inspiration in the soul of people; must understand
their nature, feel with them, live with them.
AS rule the particular kind of writer's refer to,
although they reside here, do not live here in the actual
Porto Rico of the year 1919 and of course they and
differently like the Porto Rcan that it is
impossible for the every day citizen to understand them
to make head tail of what they No cap be
blamed for this lack of attention on the part OF the read
ers, except the writer's themselves
Let us always try to understand people, before we
attempt address ourselves to them upon subject
us fully familiarze ourselves with their needs their
feelings their aspirations their cravings That does not
all that many things that apparently the people
want must be complied with by us, with blind servity
we are supposed the people but in special capa
geity as leaders, and in dignfed way But certinly
lead the people along the right path not
try convince them of their when the necessity
arise we do not know people, Let them always be
main subject before matter what we have
to say whether story of trivial thing that hap
pened ON the street, coming to the office
something of more Importance.
For our part declare that the day wetsuspect that
we are writing for the present Porto Rcans but for
the future inhabitants of this island, shall quit
IS Job without hesitating single moment