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Quote by José de la Luz y Caballero
Antes quisiera yo ver desplomadas, no digo las instituciones de los hombres, sino las estrellas todas del firmamento, que ver caer del pecho humano el sentimiento de la justicia, ese sol del mundo moral.
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The speaker says that losing humanity’s sense of justice would be worse than the collapse of institutions or even the stars. Calling justice “that sun of the moral world” presents it as the light that guides human conduct. Without it, the foundations of human life would be more seriously damaged than any visible disaster.
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- University of Florida Digital Collections, José de la Luz y Caballero: Obras. Aforismos. Volumen I
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- Official Statement
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