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  • Sin duda la cercan|a de la muerte y la fraternidad de las armas producen, en todos los tiempos y en todos los pa|ses, una atmo  sfera propicia a lo extraordinario, a todo aquello que sobrepasa la condicio  n humana y rompe el c|rculo de soledad que rodea a cada hombre. No doubt the nearness of death and the brotherhood of men-at-wars, at whatever time and in whatever country, always produce an atmosphere favorable to the extraordinary, to all that rises above the human condition and breaks the circle of solitude that surrounds each one of us.

    - Octavio Paz
      El laberinto de la soledad, pt.1 (translated asThe Labyrinth of Solitude,1961).

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