Excerpt from Memoirs of Simon Bolivar, Vol. 1 of 2: President Liberator of the Republic of Colombia; And of His Principal Generals; Comprising a Secret History of the Revolution, and the Events Which Preceded It, From 1807 to the Present Time He has been occupied in pursuing this subject more than five years; and as these Memoirs, now respectfully submitted to the public, contain a great many facts hitherto unpublished, the author hopes they will not prove to be without some interest to the reader. 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.