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When Cesar Chavez died in his sleep in 1993, not yet a very old man at sixty-six, he died—as he had so often portrayed himself in life—as a loser.

— Richard Rodriguez Darling: A Spiritual Autobiography (2013)

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The genius of American culture and its integrity comes from fidelity to the light.

As you see yourself, I once saw myself; as you see me now, you will be seen.

My brother is now seventy. His hands are burled with arthritis. Some days he walks with difficulty.

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The sight of them together does not lead you to wonder about a history in which you are not the narrator?

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