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Estamos destituidos de educación. Sería adulación, vil lisonja, llamar a los quiteños ilustrados, sabios, ricos y felices. No lo sois: vivimos en la más grosera ignorancia y la miseria más deplorable.
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The passage rejects flattering praise of Quito’s people. It says they should not be described as enlightened, wise, wealthy, or happy because they are “deprived of education” and living in severe ignorance and misery. The language is deliberately harsh, presenting honesty about these conditions as preferable to “vile sycophancy.”
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