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for the local papers and reviews under the 

 name which he afterwards made famous. 



From the first he gave indications of a 

 vein of satire and keen critical ability, 

 which made it evident to himself and his 

 family that he must devote himself to 

 letters. The intellectual poverty and the 

 narrow social atmosphere ot the oppressed 

 colony were odious to the young man and 

 upon the death of his father he sailed for 

 Spain. At twenty years of age he arrived 

 in Madrid, the metropolis of his race and 

 his tongue, where he was already known in 

 journalistic circles through his work for 

 Cuban and South American periodicals. 



He at once entered the Central Univer- 

 sity of Madrid and completed his legal 

 studies but with his mind fixed always on 

 literature. He collaborated in the work 

 of El Imparcial and other Madrid papers 

 soon becoming recognized as a critic of 

 power, discernment, and independence. 

 His fearless sincerity naturally won him 

 enemies, but in the Spanish speaking world 

 he is known as one of the critics of the 

 day. A duel which he had with the famous 



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