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impulse was due entirely to the genius of San 

 Martin, who planned and executed the enterprise, 

 which first stimulated the Peruvians to think and 

 act for themselves. Instead of coming in state, as 

 he was well entitled to have done, he waited till 

 the evening, and then rode in without guards, and 

 accompanied by a single aid-de-camp. Indeed, it 

 w^as contrary to his original intention that he came 

 into the city on this day ; for he was tired, and 

 wished to go quietly to rest in a cottage about half 

 a league off, and to enter the town before daybreak 

 next morning. He had dismounted accordingly, 

 and had just nestled himself into a corner, blessing 

 his stars that he was out of the reach of business ; 

 when in came two friars, who, by some means or 

 other, had discovered his retreat. Each of them 

 made him a speech, to which his habitual good 

 nature induced him to listen. One compared 

 him to Caesar, the other to LucuUus. " Good 

 Heavens exclaimed the General, when the fa- 

 thers left them, "what are we to do ? this will never 

 answer." — " Oh ! Sir,"*^ answered the aid- de-camp, 

 " there are two more of the same stamp close at 



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