Quotes
Daniel Florence O'Leary, aide-de-camp to Simón Bolívar, said of Miranda's death:
- "Miranda was a man of the eighteenth century whose genius lay in raising the consciousness and confidence of his fellow Americans. Although he prided himself on being a soldier, his greatest battles were fought with his pen '".
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