Aimard, Gustave: The Trail-Hunter. v1. 24 Feb 2015
 

Gustave Aimard (13 September 1818 – 20 June 1883) was the author of numerous books about Latin America.

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In Mexico the population is only divided into two classes, the upper and the lower. There is no intermediate rank to connect the two extremes, and this is the cause of the two hundred and thirty-nine revolutions which have overthrown this country since the declaration of its independence. Why this is so is simple enough. The intellectual power is in the hands of a small number, and all the revolutions are effected by this turbulent and ambitious minority; whence it results that the country is governed by the most complete military despotism, instead of being a free republic.