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Quote by Carlos Casado del Alisal
Pregunte cuánto cuesta tirarlo al mar, y le enviaré telegráficamente su importe. Yo a los colonos debo pagarles lo que les ha costado cosecharlo.
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The speaker is willing to destroy the harvest rather than let it be sold, but still insists that the settlers receive payment for the work and expense of gathering it. The contrast is striking: the crop may be worthless or unwanted, yet the people who harvested it should not bear that loss.
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- Carlos Casado del Alisal: Reseña sobre su vida y su obra, Santos F. Tosticarelli (1969)
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