Believe, fight and cling to the dead cult—all the believers do the same. It doesn’t matter whether the idol is made of clay, bronze or meat. It doesn’t matter whether it is dissolved in the mental haze or in the whirlwind of passion. For the ideal, first living and then dead, the inhuman law of sacrifice is fulfilled. … Do not strip away their illusion, their precious illusion. They will defend themselves like lions, tear at you like panthers, howl like hyenas. There is no animal more fierce than the believer. […]

LEONCIO No es lo que suele llamarse un carácter excepcional. Es un tipo casi vulgar, pues que abunda en las sociedades modernas. Los datos mismos proceden de la vida real. No es, pues, una fantasía […]

This project is very much in-progress. Entries in gray appear in secondary sources, but have not been confirmed. Ricardo Mella Cea (1861 – 1925) Main page Work page Articles 1880 R. Mella, “¿Donde esta la […]