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Quote by José Vasconcelos
La pobreza y la ignorancia son nuestros peores enemigos.
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The quote identifies poverty and ignorance as especially damaging forces. It says that lacking material resources and lacking knowledge can stand in the way of people’s well-being and progress, presenting both as problems that deserve serious attention.
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- Transatlántica de educación / UNED scholarly edition of Vasconcelos’s 1920 rectoral speech
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