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ALMOST 500 years ago in the Basque country in the north of Spain, a young man sat in bed recovering from a long and brutal operation. Inigo, an officer in the Spanish army, had been struck during a French siege by a small cannonball which had shattered one leg and severely wounded the other. After 15 [...] On the 27th day of the month of Rajab, the Prophet Mohammad was resting after evening prayers near the Kaaba in the city of Mecca when he was awoken by the angel Gabriel (Jibril). Gabriel had with him a white, winged horse-like creature named Buraq. Buraq Gabriel then did a curious thing. He cut open the [...] “…never had I entertained any ambition other than to merit the hatred of the ungrateful and the esteem of the virtuous.” –Jose de San Martin, July 22, 1820
Jose de San Martin had liberated the Rio de la Plata (Argentina), marched his army across the Andes, defeated the Spanish in Chile, and proclaimed [...] |
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