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Excerpt from Porfirio Diaz: Seven Times President of Mexico Simply because he thought I had done something for his country in Mexico as I Saw It, and because I did not want to be commissioned or paid for my work - but undertook it as an independent person, and a friend. Simple reasons, but they won his heart, and I can only regret my own inability to draw his character more dramatically for the world. He deserves the pen of a John Morley, who has so graphically given us the characteristics and personality of a statesman in his Life of Gladstone, whom in some ways Diaz resembles. He te sembles him in his quiet simplicity, the charm of his home life, and his keen interest in many varied subjects. By the hour, day after day, during my visit, the President, Madame Diaz and I talked. They knew I could not remain long in Mexico - not six months as previously - and they gave much of their time to help me. 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.