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ary education where he continued for three 

 years. 



Stirred by the spirit of enterprise he left 

 his native country and set off to make a 

 career in Cuba. Going to Havana he 

 entered the University and there, having 

 gained the degree of Doctor in Philosophy 

 and Letters, he obtained the position of 

 acting-Professor of the History of Spain. 

 At the close of the Spanish-American War 

 he returned to Puerto Rico to accept the 

 post of Professor of Philosophy, Logic, and 

 Ethics in the Provincial Institute there. 



In 1900 he returned to Cuba, seeking 

 an ampler field for his energies than he 

 could find in his native island, and entering 

 the competitive examination, he won, by 

 the unanimous vote of the committee of 

 judges, an Auxiliary Professorship in the 

 school of Philosophy and Letters in the 

 University. In fulfillment of this appoint- 

 ment he acted as substitute for Dr. En- 

 rique Jose Varona in the chair of Psychology, 

 Morals, and Sociology while this distin- 

 guished scholar was occupying the post 

 of Secretary of Public Instruction in the 



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