768
WIth bayonets mount guard over
them.
On the next morning, when the
mass for the dead celebrates the
memory of the Aztec king, I
will
see the white curtain let down to
the floor and the church for the
moment resume its normal aspect.
After the mass, the curtain will
once more be pulled up.
In this polemic, it is clear, Cuate–
moc serves as a rallying point for a
will toward national consciousness,
and a
moveme~t
to rehabilitate a
race that for centuries was kept in
slavery. Interestingly enough, the
personage who has thus been made
into a patriotic symbol is a de–
feated warrior who never won a
military victory. In a period when
brute force alone seems to guide
our destiny, it is good to find a
people who are capable of making
a national hero out of one whose
greatness consists quite simply in
his affirming, in the face of his
triumphant conquerors, his hu–
man dignity.
(Translated from the French
by
Dwight Macdonald)
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