Masters of arts

           Atwo-inchstubofabluepencilwasthewandwithwhichKeoghperformedthepreliminaryactsofhismagic.So,withthishecoveredpaperwithdiagramsandfigureswhilehewaitedfortheUnitedStatesofAmericatosenddowntoCoralioasuccessortoAtwood,resigned.

           Thenewschemethathismindhadconceived,hisstoutheartindorsed,andhisbluepencilcorroborated,waslaidaroundthecharacteristicsandhumanfrailtiesofthenewpresidentofAnchuria.Thesecharacteristics,andthesituationoutofwhichKeoghhopedtowrestagoldentribute,deservechroniclingcontributivetotheclearorderofevents.

           PresidentLosada—manycalledhimDictator—wasamanwhosegeniuswouldhavemadehimconspicuousevenamongAnglo–Saxons,hadnotthatgeniusbeenintermixedwithothertraitsthatwerepettyandsubversive.HehadsomeoftheloftypatriotismofWashington(themanhemostadmired),theforceofNapoleon,andmuchofthewisdomofthesages.Thesecharacteristicsmighthavejustifiedhimintheassumptionofthetitleof"TheIllustriousLiberator,"hadtheynotbeenaccompaniedbyastupendousandamazingvanitythatkepthiminthelessworthyranksofthedictators.

           Yethedidhiscountrygreatservice.Withamightygraspheshookitnearlyfreefromtheshacklesofignoranceandslothandtheverminthatfeduponit,andallbutmadeitapowerinthecouncilofnations.Heestablishedschoolsandhospitals,builtroads,bridges,railroadsandpalaces,andbestowedgeneroussubsidiesupontheartsandsciences.