Spanish Foreign Office

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    As the Spanish proverb says, “He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.” So it is in travelling; a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.
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    Our poets have sung of wine, the product of a foreign plant which commonly they never saw, as if our own plants had no juice in them more than the singers.
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    Consul. In American politics, a person who having failed to secure an office from the people is given one by the Administration on condition that he leave the country.
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