▁his ▁way ▁to ▁Col li oure ▁in ▁December ▁ 1 9 3 8 ▁he ▁wrote ▁" For ▁the ▁strateg ists , ▁for ▁the ▁polit icians , ▁for ▁the ▁histor ians , ▁all ▁this ▁will ▁be ▁clear : ▁we ▁lost ▁the ▁war . ▁But ▁at ▁a ▁human ▁level ▁I ▁am ▁not ▁so ▁sure : ▁perhaps ▁we ▁won ." ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 2 ▁he ▁had ▁ 5 ▁k ids ▁ ▁He ▁turned ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁herm etic ▁est h etic ▁principles ▁of ▁post - symbol ism ▁and ▁cultiv ated ▁the ▁dynamic ▁open ness ▁of ▁social ▁real ism . ▁Like ▁such ▁French ▁ æ st het es ▁as ▁Ver la ine , ▁Mach ado ▁began ▁with ▁a ▁fin ▁de ▁siècle ▁cont empl ation ▁of ▁his ▁sens ory ▁world , ▁port ray ing ▁it ▁through ▁memory ▁and ▁the ▁impress ions ▁of ▁his ▁private ▁conscious ness . ▁And ▁like ▁his ▁soci ally ▁conscious ▁colle agues ▁of ▁the ▁Generation ▁of ▁ 1 8 9 8 , ▁he ▁emer ged ▁from ▁his ▁sol itude ▁to ▁cont em plate ▁Spain ' s ▁historical ▁landscape ▁with ▁a ▁sympath etic ▁yet ▁un ind ul gent ▁eye . ▁His ▁po etic ▁work ▁begins ▁with ▁the ▁publication ▁of ▁So led ades ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 3 . ▁In ▁this ▁short ▁volume ▁many ▁personal ▁links ▁which ▁will ▁character ize ▁his ▁later ▁work ▁are ▁notice able . ▁In ▁So led ades , ▁Gal er ías . ▁Ot ros ▁po emas , ▁published ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 7 , ▁his ▁voice ▁becomes ▁his