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I never cared about whatever tragic event happened in China. It's faraway decoration, even if in blood and plague.
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Original: Nunca me pesou o que de trágico se passasse na China. É decoraç?o longínqua, ainda que a sangue e peste.
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Ibid., p. 164

 

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