Such words produced a general laugh. Gamboa, undeterred, continued:

-But it has been said by gentlemen who have preceded me in the use of the word, accordingly bag that the matter is that today is the most important, and I think I can not forget the main points for If your application on our forum.

With this he sat down suddenly, hitting a hoot while the index finger suffered Pancho, on the side, who, because of pain because of tickling it occurred, could not help but jump into the seat. His speech, like his action, unexpected, caused a burst of laughter that, despite its seriousness, took the same Govantes, who, without delay, began the explanation of the text, which dealt with as such, on the right people. First defined what was meant by person, according to Roman law, then by state, he said was divided into natural and civil, and that the latter could be three ways, namely: freedom, nature and family. He entered fully into what might be called history of slavery, painting certainly not in its relations with ancient or modern society, but to the Roman law, the Goths and the homeland, because although considerable freedom prevailed then teaching in Cuba, the abolitionist ideas had begun to spread in it.

Govantes in that day, as usual, was inspired, eloquent, showing repeated his vast erudition, in which certainly had no small part his recent interview with Saco, translator and annotator Heinecio recitations, [19] Text in the Colegio San Carlos from the previous year 1829. By putting him on foot, as the hour had struck nine, the students followed suit, burst into loud applause.