Hispanic Nations of the New World; a Chronicle of Our Southern Neighbors
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" Unlike many nations of Spanish America in which a more or lessanticlerical regime was in the ascendant, Ecuador fell under a sortof theocracy. Here appeared one of the strangest characters in a storyalready full of extraordinary personages--Gabriel Garcia Moreno, who became President of that republic in 1861. In some respects thecounterpart of Francia of Paraguay, in others both a medieval mysticand an enlightened ruler of modern type, he was a man of remarkableintellect, constructive ability..., earnest patriotism, and disinterestedzeal for orderliness and progress. On his presidential sash wereinscribed the words: "My Power in the Constitution"; but is real powerlay in himself and in the system which he implanted. Garcia Moreno had a varied career. He had been a student of chemistryand other natural sciences. He had spent his youth in exile in Europe, where he prepared himself for his subsequent career as a journalist anda university professor. Through it all he had been an active participantin public affairs.
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