HadFerreractuallyorganizedtheriots,hadhefoughtonthebarricades,hadhehurledahundredbombs,hecouldnothavebeensodangeroustotheCatholicChurchandtodespotism,aswithhisoppositiontodisciplineandrestraint。Disciplineandrestraint——aretheynotbackofalltheevilsintheworld?
Slavery,submission,poverty,allmisery,allsocialiniquitiesresultfromdisciplineandrestraint。Indeed,Ferrerwasdangerous。
Thereforehehadtodie,Octoberthirteenth,1909,intheditchofMontjuich。Yetwhodaresayhisdeathwasinvain?Inviewofthetempestuousriseofuniversalindignation:ItalynamingstreetsinmemoryofFranciscoFerrer,Belgiuminauguratingamovementtoerectamemorial;Francecallingtothefronthermostillustriousmentoresumetheheritageofthemartyr;Englandbeingthefirsttoissueabiography:——allcountriesunitinginperpetuatingthegreatworkofFranciscoFerrer;America,even,tardyalwaysinprogressiveideas,givingbirthtoaFranciscoFerrerAssociation,itsaimbeingtopublishacompletelifeofFerrerandtoorganizeModernSchoolsalloverthecountry;inthefaceofthisinternationalrevolutionarywave,whoistheretosayFerrerdiedinvain?
ThatdeathatMontjuich,——howwonderful,howdramaticitwas,howitstirsthehumansoul。Proudanderect,theinnereyeturnedtowardthelight,FranciscoFerrerneedednolyingprieststogivehimcourage,nordidheupbraidaphantomforforsakinghim。Theconsciousnessthathisexecutionersrepresentedadyingage,andthathiswasthelivingtruth,sustainedhiminthelastheroicmoments。
Adyingageandalivingtruth,Thelivingburyingthedead。