“God forbid that any bloody struggle should come to darken our picturesque mountains with mourning; let every good Spaniard refrain from taking up arms, whether in the Carlist or the republican cause.”

Original: No permita Dios que ninguna lucha sangrienta venga a enlutar nuestras pintorescas montañas, absténganse todo buen español de pronunciamiento sea en sentido carlista o republicano. — Written by a former Carlist soldier, the letter shows a man wearied by faction and longing for peace among his own people · Letter to the Urretxu town council, 1 September 1869 (Spanish)

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“With no motive but love for my countrymen.”

Original: Sin más opinión que el amor a mis paisanos. — This was the plain reason the fourteen-year-old gave for slipping away to fight, well before he became the voice behind the Tree of Gernika · Recollection of his 1833 flight from home to join the Basque battalions (Spanish)

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