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“Solo al abrigo de aquella tapia protectora había arboles y frutas, flores, aromas, pájaros: después, todo cuanto rodeaba aquel lugar privilegiado se presentaba árido e inculto, todo tenía impreso el sello de la desolación y de la tristeza. Solo en los aristocráticos salones de aquella vivienda existían la riqueza y el lujo, el refinado gusto de la elegancia y todo lo que puede hacer soportable y aun querido un destierro. Fuera de allí, las casuchas que se hallaban diseminadas a corta distancia de aquel pequeño palacio, que parecía insultar osadamente la miseria que le rodeaba, eran de un aspecto lúgubre, llenas de pobreza y faltas de todo lo que puede hacer agradable la vida. Al mirarlas no podría menos de preguntarse uno a sí mismo si los que vivían en semejantes barracas tenían razón como nosotros, si eran hombres que pensaban y vivían y si, siendo así, no desesperaban de su suerte maldiciendo lo que todos los del universo deben maldecir.”

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La hija del mar

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