The prison was very important—as everywhere on earth. Everywhere the building of a prison is the first step in the organization of a civilized state. - B. Traven

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The prison was very important—as everywhere on earth. Everywhere the building of a prison is the first step in the organization of a civilized state.

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About B. Traven

(Bruno Traven in some accounts, born 23 February 1882 in Schwiebus, died 26 March 1969 in Mexico City) was the pen name of a presumably German novelist, whose real name, nationality, date and place of birth and details of biography are all subject to dispute. One of the few certainties about Traven's life is that he lived for years in Mexico, where the majority of his fiction is also set—including (1927). The film adaptation of the same name won three Academy Awards in 1948.

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Native Name: Bruno Traven
Alternative Names: Otto Feige Torsvan Berick Torsvan Bernhard Traven Torsvan Torsvan Croves Traven Ret Marut Hal Croves Traven Torsvan
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There is no reason why I should run after a job. I'd have to stand up before the manager like a beggar, cap in hand, as sheepishly as if I were asking him to let me shine his shoes with my spit. In fact, usually it is less humiliating to beg for a meal than to ask for work. Can the skipper sail his bucket without sailors? Or can the engineer, no matter how clever he is, build a locomotive without workers? Nevertheless, the worker has to stand with his cap in hand and beg for a job. He has to stand there like a dog about to be beaten.

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