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We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing of a woman but in neither case is it usually appropriate, clearly for very different reasons.
Jose Bergamin
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Jose Bergamin
Age: 87 †
Born: 1895
Born: December 30
Died: 1983
Died: August 28
Essayist
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Madrid
Spain
José Bergamín y Gutiérrez
Jose Bergamin
Jose Bergamin y Gutierrez
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