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Excerpt from Cuentos Alegres
N°t °nly was Taboada praised by writers of such standing, but he was a prophet honored in his own country. In August 1904, his native town named a street after him and gave a banquet in his hon°r. Upon this occasion he made a speech in which he had something t° say about his purpose as a humorist, and his words remind one of what a F lorentine novelist, the famous Sacchetti, wrote in the introduction to his collection of st°ries s°me five hundred years ago.
En los periódic°s el artículo de f°nd°, en las tristes h°ras por que atraviesa la patria, n° puede men°s de narrar desdichas y recordar desventuras casi a diari°. La misión que mis aficiones por una parte y la benevolencia del públic° por °tra, me han impuest°, n° es más que llevar una especie de lenitivo al ánim° del lect°r, haciéndole ver que en la vida y aun en sus h°ras más amargas, si hay mucho tema para hacer llorar, n° faltan tampoco los que hagan prorrumpir su franca y sana carcajada.
This was n°t the only time that Taboada disclaimed any intention of posing as a shrewd observer or teacher. In the preface t° the Madrid en Broma, he says that all he d°es is to seek material wherever he can find it. If his glance falls upon a ridiculous scene he c°pies it, if he hears an absurd remark he publishes it but he has no ulterior purpose, n° desire t° bring int° salient relief the vices of society, n° wish t° guide man along the path °f virtue.
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