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form is the merit; let us not forget that only by its form, carbon is sometimes called coal and other times diamond

— Manuel González Prada Conference at the Lima Athenaeum (1886)

la forma da el mérito; n'olvidemos que sólo por la forma, el carbono se llama unas veces carbón i otras veces diamante

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