Mr. Ngobese, You have rekindled faint faith!
Thank you for sharing. KT On 4/15/10, Sikhumbuzo Thomo <[email protected]> wrote: > Ngobese > > This was the most revolutionary and heart warming letter that l have ever > read!! > > Rgds > > ST > > > On 4/14/10, Castro Ngobese <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Ernesto Che Guevara >> Farewell letter from Che to Fidel Castro >> ------------------------------ >> >> « Year of Agriculture » >> Havana, April 1, 1965. >> >> Fidel: >> >> At this moment I remember many things: when I met you in Maria Antonia's >> house, when you proposed I come along, all the tensions involved in the >> preparations. One day they came by and asked who should be notified in >> case >> of death, and the real possibility of it struck us all. Later we knew it >> was >> true, that in a revolution one wins or dies (if it is a real one). Many >> comrades fell along the way to victory. >> >> Today everything has a less dramatic tone, because we are more mature, but >> the event repeats itself. I feel that I have fulfilled the part of my duty >> that tied me to the Cuban revolution in its territory, and I say farewell >> to >> you, to the comrades, to your people, who now are mine. >> >> I formally resign my positions in the leadership of the party, my post as >> minister, my rank of commander, and my Cuban citizenship. Nothing legal >> binds me to Cuba. The only ties are of another nature — those that cannot >> be >> broken as can appointments to posts. >> >> Reviewing my past life, I believe I have worked with sufficient integrity >> and dedication to consolidate the revolutionary triumph. My only serious >> failing was not having had more confidence in you from the first moments >> in >> the Sierra Maestra, and not having understood quickly enough your >> qualities >> as a leader and a revolutionary. >> >> I have lived magnificent days, and at your side I felt the pride of >> belonging to our people in the brilliant yet sad days of the Caribbean >> [Missile] crisis. Seldom has a statesman been more brilliant as you were >> in >> those days. I am also proud of having followed you without hesitation, of >> having identified with your way of thinking and of seeing and appraising >> dangers and principles. >> >> Other nations of the world summon my modest efforts of assistance. I can >> do >> that which is denied you due to your responsibility as the head of Cuba, >> and >> the time has come for us to part. >> >> You should know that I do so with a mixture of joy and sorrow. I leave >> here >> the purest of my hopes as a builder and the dearest of those I hold dear. >> And I leave a people who received me as a son. That wounds a part of my >> spirit. I carry to new battlefronts the faith that you taught me, the >> revolutionary spirit of my people, the feeling of fulfilling the most >> sacred >> of duties: to fight against imperialism wherever it may be. This is a >> source >> of strength, and more than heals the deepest of wounds. >> >> I state once more that I free Cuba from all responsibility, except that >> which stems from its example. If my final hour finds me under other skies, >> my last thought will be of this people and especially of you. I am >> grateful >> for your teaching and your example, to which I shall try to be faithful up >> to the final consequences of my acts. >> >> I have always been identified with the foreign policy of our revolution, >> and I continue to be. Wherever I am, I will feel the responsibility of >> being >> a Cuban revolutionary, and I shall behave as such. I am not sorry that I >> leave nothing material to my wife and children; I am happy it is that way. >> I >> ask nothing for them, as the state will provide them with enough to live >> on >> and receive an education. >> >> I would have many things to say to you and to our people, but I feel they >> are unnecessary. Words cannot express what I would like them to, and there >> is no point in scribbling pages. >> ------------------------------ >> >> Written: April 1, 1965 >> Transcription/Markup: Brian Baggins >> Online Version: Ernesto Che Guevara Internet Archive (marxists.org) 2002 >> ------------------------------ >> >> Ernesto Che Guevara >> Archive<http://www.marxists.org/archive/guevara/index.htm> >> >> -- >> You are subscribed. This footer can help you. >> Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to >> this message. >> You can visit the group WEB SITE at >> http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery >> options, pages, files and membership. >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected]. >> You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to >> put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail >> to >> this address (repeat): [email protected] . >> > > -- > You are subscribed. 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