Intelligence does not need to abdicate before force; on the contrary, the voice of reasonable and cultured men must be a corrective to the pernicious work of rudimentary minds.

La intelijencia no tiene por qué abdicar ante la fuerza; por el contrario, la voz del hombre razonable i culto debe ser un correctivo a la obra perniciosa de cerebros rudimentarios.

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