“It breaks immortality's neck
Contemplates crime and therefore halts it;
It humbles barbarous nations
And makes of savages, champions.”
"Por La Education" (To Education, c. 1876) - translator unknown
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Filipino writer, ophthalmologist, polyglot and nationalist 1861–1896Related quotes
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"Politics and the English Language" (1946)
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