July 10, 2010

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That patriotism which is not a carnal adhesion to specific landscapes, is rhetoric designed by semi-educated men to spur the illiterate on towards the slaughterhouse.

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  1. StephenJanuary 14, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    The original Spanish is:

    El patriotismo que no sea adhesión carnal a paisajes concretos, es retórica de semi-cultos para arrear iletrados hacia el matadero.

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