Makers of South America . blic squares named after him. Buthis hands first shaped the constitution of the Argen-tine nation, and his cruelty and tyranny brought abouta reaction in favor of Republicanism. No one everwanted another Dictator. Urquiza, who became the next president, finishedthe work of consolidation; a Federal Constitution, out-lined years before by Rosas, was adopted and is ineffect to-day. The Republic began to learn her firstlessons in self-government, and the stage was clearfor the prosperity and industrial development ofmodern Argentina. At the age of fifty-six Rosas, in Engl
Makers of South America . blic squares named after him. Buthis hands first shaped the constitution of the Argen-tine nation, and his cruelty and tyranny brought abouta reaction in favor of Republicanism. No one everwanted another Dictator. Urquiza, who became the next president, finishedthe work of consolidation; a Federal Constitution, out-lined years before by Rosas, was adopted and is ineffect to-day. The Republic began to learn her firstlessons in self-government, and the stage was clearfor the prosperity and industrial development ofmodern Argentina. At the age of fifty-six Rosas, in England, againtook up the old life he loved so much, the raising ofcattle and breeding of horses. For twenty-five yearshe lived as a peaceful country gentleman, popular withhis neighbors and with his workmen. No one wouldhave thought, someone used to say, that the singu-larly handsome old gentleman who lived quietly andunobtrusively on a little farm near Southampton wasthe once famous despot of Argentina/ DOMINGO F. SARMIENTO. DOMIXGO F. SARMIENTO DOMINGO F. SARMIENTO In the town of San Juan, near the foot of the Andesin eastern Argentina, lived a fine old family namedSarmiento which could trace its ancestry back in astraight line to the early colonists. On the mothersside, generation after generation had produced menof remarkable intellectual ability—writers, teachers,historians, bishops. The youngest of the family,Domingo, born in 1811, had all the brilliant talentswhich seemed to be the inevitable heritage of thesepeople. His relatives were personages, but theywere very companionable ones even for a small boy,and there was never a dull moment in the Sarmientohousehold. With his uncle, a clergyman who hadonce been chaplain in San Martins army, he wouldspend hours talking on history, politics, and goodgovernment, and learning a variety of fascinatingthings about the world. I never knew how to spin a top, to bat a ball, tofly a kite, or had any inclination for such boyishsports,
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