"There is no steady unretracing…" — Herman Melville

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No hay un progreso constante e irreversible en esta vida; no avanzamos a través de gradaciones fijas, y al final no nos detenemos: a través del hechizo inconsciente de la infancia, la fe despreocupada de la niñez, la duda de la adolescencia.

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