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In this year also he gained the degree of 

 Doctor of Philosophy and Letters and was 

 appointed Auxiliary Professor in the Uni- 

 versity of which he served as Secretary for 

 a time. 



In 1889 he went as a member of a Com- 

 mission of professors to examine the stu- 

 dents of the College El Ateneo of Porto 

 Rico. In 1893 he won in competitive 

 examination the chair of Universal History 

 and in 1898 he was elected Dean of the 

 Faculty of Philosophy and Letters. He 

 formed part of the Commission appointed 

 in 1899 for the reform and reorganization 

 of the University Professorships. 



When General Weyler became Governor 

 General, Professor Lendian found himself 

 obliged, on account of his opinions, to leave 

 Cuba and cooperated with the Revolu- 

 tionary Committee in New York in active 

 propaganda against the Spanish regime. 

 At the close of the war he joined the Patri- 

 otic Committee which was organized in 

 Havana, contributed to the formation of 

 the first political party the National 

 party and drew up the Manifesto which 



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