Excerpt from Jos Santos Zelaya, President of Nicaragua To destroy that which exists, is the blind impulse of demagogy. To restore, to use for the good and the progress of the masses that which exists, is the work of the true democracy. Hence, in these American commonwealths, born to be republics, the real patriot, the patriot at heart is he who devotes his life and directs all his efforts to reform his country, and to better its condition. The object of these lines being to give a brief review of the work and public life of General Zelaya, in order to facilitate the task we will consider separately the three main phases of his political career. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.