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We are free, but no to be evil

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Jose Marti
Age: 42 †
Born: 1853
Born: January 28
Died: 1895
Died: May 19
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Havana
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I know that when the world surrenders, pallid, to repose, the murmur of a tranquil stream through the deep silence flows.
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