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Culture, which makes talent shine, is not completely ours either, nor can we place it solely at our disposal. Rather, it belongs mainly to our country, which gave it to us, and to humanity, from which we receive it as a birthright.
Jose Marti
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Jose Marti
Age: 42 †
Born: 1853
Born: January 28
Died: 1895
Died: May 19
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