“It is the duty of man to raise up man. One is guilty of all abjection that one does not help to relieve. Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity.”

—  José Martí

Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos (1994)

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Poet, writer, Cuban nationalist leader 1853–1895

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