O Malho [The Sledgehammer] (solemnly, to Joe Public): “Drawing your attention to the Bastille of Routine, I celebrate in the best possible way the great date of the French Revolution and the date of my second centenary! Those five diggers [with public health official Oswaldo Cruz on the right, holding a syringe] have already demolished a lot, but there is still a lot to do… Down with any remaining attachment to the status quo!”
Joe Public: “Me as well! I want schools! I want housing for the poor! I want a steady fight against tuberculosis! … Let there be money!“
(O Malho, Rio de Janeiro, 1906)
Sic Transit Pestilentia 