October 24, 2010

#2,104

From the 18th century 20th-century man seems to have inherited only his dryness of soul, and from the 19th century only his rhetoric.

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  1. StephenJanuary 22, 2011 at 9:22 PM

    The original Spanish is:

    Del XVIII el hombre del XX parece haber heredado sólo la sequedad del alma, y del XIX sólo la retórica.

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  2. StephenJanuary 22, 2011 at 9:22 PM

    The phrase sequedad del alma appears to come from the writing of spiritual advisers who use this term to describe those periods when the Christian finds it difficult to pray.

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