To be dragged in the wake of the passive flock and to pass a hundr

To be dragged in the wake of the passive flock and to pass a hundred and one times beneath the shears of the shepherd, or to die alone like a brave eagle on a rocky crag of a great mountain: that is the dilemma. – Praxedis Guerrero, Regeneración, 1911 February 18th

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