Excerpt from Recuerdos del Pasado (1814-1860)Da prueba de estºs últimºs propósitºs lo escrito sobre la colºnización, y lo ratifica mi viaje a Califºrnia, que di a luz con el solo ºbjeto de exhibir ante los ojºs de mis paisanos lºs portentosos progresos materiales e intelectuales que alcanza siempre la libre iniciativa individual, cuando al firme propó sito de adquirir aquellº que se desea se agrega la cºnvicción yanqui: que el verdadero capital en el mundo es la juiciosa aplicación of bone and muscle.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.