. Spanish life in town and country . Land and People 21 and cruel murders carried out by the priests oftheir religion in the name of Christ. Even to-day the Spaniard of the lower classescan scarcely understand that he can have any partor parcel in the government of his country. Longages of misrule have made him hate all govern-ments alike: he imagines that all the evils he findsin the world of his own experience are the workof whoever happens to be the ruler for the timebeing; that it is possible for him to have any sayin the matter never enters his head, and he votes,if he votes at all, as he
. Spanish life in town and country . Land and People 21 and cruel murders carried out by the priests oftheir religion in the name of Christ. Even to-day the Spaniard of the lower classescan scarcely understand that he can have any partor parcel in the government of his country. Longages of misrule have made him hate all govern-ments alike: he imagines that all the evils he findsin the world of his own experience are the workof whoever happens to be the ruler for the timebeing; that it is possible for him to have any sayin the matter never enters his head, and he votes,if he votes at all, as he is ordered to vote. Hehas been taught for ages past to believe whateverhe has been told. His reason has been offeredas a sacrifice to God, if indeed he is aware thathe possesses any. The danger of the thorough awakening may bethat which broke out so wildly during Castelarsshort and disastrous attempt at a republic: thatwhen once he breaks away from the bindingpower of his old religion, he may have nothingbetter than atheism and ana
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