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“Si se adoptara una ortografía fonética y sencilla, que, aprendida por todos pronto y bien, hiciera imposibles las faltas de ortografía, ¿no desaparecería uno de los modos de que nos distingamos las personas de buena educación de aquéllas que no han podido recibirla tan esmerada? Si la instrucción no nos sirve a los pocos para que nos diferenciemos de los pobres, ¿para qué nos sirve?”

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Miguel de Unamuno
Miguel de Unamuno

Miguel de Unamuno was a Spanish novelist, philosopher, and academic. His works profoundly reflected the ideas of individualism and existentialism, and had a profound impact on 20th-century literature and philosophy. more

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