Project Gutenberg 2013-01-16 Public domain in the USA. 39 Brau, Salvador 1842 1912 Rafael Cordero: Elogio Póstumo Produced by Carlos Colon and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Rafael Cordero: Elogio Póstumo" by Salvador Brau is a biography written in the late 19th century. The book serves to commemorate the life and achievements of Rafael Cordero, a humble educator and tabaquero from Puerto Rico, emphasizing his significant contributions to education and the upliftment of his community. It reflects on the social conditions of the time, particularly regarding race and class disparities in colonial Puerto Rico. In the text, Brau eloquently paints Cordero as a pivotal figure who dedicated his life to teaching underprivileged children regardless of their social status, striving for equality in education. Cordero established a free school that welcomed both white and black children, challenging the racial prejudices of his era. The narrative describes his selfless nature, highlighting his humility and dedication to charity, as he often prioritized the needs of his students and community over his own. Through Cordero's story, Brau emphasizes the importance of compassion and education as powerful instruments for social progress in Puerto Rico. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41853/41853-h/images/cover.jpg es Cordero, Rafael, 1790-1868 Teachers -- Puerto Rico -- Biography LA Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Teaching & Education 48187 48196 2024-09-17T13:56:17.753745 2023-09-18T08:46:16.191837 text/html text/html 44256 2013-01-16T06:26:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 35862 2013-01-16T06:26:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 44865 2024-09-17T13:56:19.575776 application/epub+zip 43679 2024-09-17T13:56:18.138751 application/epub+zip 43679 2024-09-17T13:56:17.921746 application/epub+zip 72640 2024-09-17T13:56:20.858752 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 64748 2024-09-17T13:56:19.370739 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 64923 2022-09-19T07:08:10.238185 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 40426 40237 2024-09-17T13:56:17.643756 2023-09-18T08:46:16.086848 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 39757 2013-01-16T06:26:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 16186 2013-01-16T06:26:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 18191 2024-09-17T13:56:20.989737 application/rdf+xml 12369 2024-09-17T13:56:17.991745 image/jpeg 2834 2024-09-17T13:56:17.956752 image/jpeg 37002 2024-09-17T13:56:17.760745 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog