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The conclusion, therefore, is that there are two major forces in society: love, which multiplies the species, and the nose, which subordinates it to the individual. Procreation, equilibrium.
Machado de Assis
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Machado de Assis
Age: 69 †
Born: 1839
Born: June 21
Died: 1908
Died: September 29
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