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¿De que sirven los pueblos arruinados?, ¿De qué los países fértiles sin agricultores?, ¿De que las minas poderosas sin operarios?
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The questions make the same point through three examples: ruined towns, fertile countries, and powerful mines have little practical value when the people and workers needed to sustain them are absent. Fertile land and valuable resources alone do not create a functioning community; human participation is essential to making them useful.
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- Anales de la Facultad de Medicina (Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos)
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