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expected from the rising and future generations, now that 

 there are such universities as that of Santiago de Cliile, and 

 such men as Bello to direct and foster them f Who can be 

 blind to the genius and great natural abilities of the Peruvian 

 youth, now shooting forth, notwithstanding the great disad- 

 vantages under which Peru at present labours, with regard to 

 the state of her colleges? With her immense resources, a 

 good government, and tranquillity, what may not be ex- 

 pected ! But every nation has its beginning, an inevitable 

 and perhaps necessarily rough ordeal to undergo, and South 

 America must not expect to make a leap that no other 

 country has been able to do." 



