Freedom, Sancho, is one of the most precious gifts that heaven has bestowed upon men; no treasures that the earth holds buried or the sea conceals ca… - Miguel de Cervantes

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Freedom, Sancho, is one of the most precious gifts that heaven has bestowed upon men; no treasures that the earth holds buried or the sea conceals can compare with it; for freedom, as for honour, life may and should be ventured; and on the other hand, captivity is the greatest evil that can fall to the lot of man.

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About Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (29 September 1547 – 23 April 1616) was a Spanish novelist, poet and playwright. He is most famous for his novel Don Quixote, or Don Quijote de la Mancha, which is considered by many to be the first modern novel, one of the greatest works in Western literature, and the greatest of the Spanish language.

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Habiendo aludido a la cuestión de la reversión, debo referirme a una afirmación hecha frecuentemente por los naturalistas, o sea, que las variedades domésticas, cuando pasan de nuevo al estado salvaje, vuelven gradual, pero invariablemente, a los caracteres de su tronco primitivo. De aquí se ha argüido que no pueden sacarse deducciones de las razas domésticas para las especies en estado natural. En vano me he esforzado en descubrir con qué hechos decisivos se ha formulado tan frecuente y tan osadamente la afirmación anterior.

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