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Alejo Carpentier
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“For this reason, bowed down by suffering and duties, beautiful in the midst of his misery, capable of loving in the face of afflictions and trials, man finds his greatness, his fullest measure, only in the Kingdom of This World.”
Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980) first seen 1949 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Kingdom of This World, Pt. 4, Ch. 4 (1949)