English - Scientist | October 2, 1832 - January 2, 1917
At sunset we are rattling through the streets of the little town of Cordova.
Edward Burnett Tylor
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Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish.
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There are even many huts built entirely of the universal aloe.
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There was no romance about the mosquitos, however.
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Taking it as a whole, Mexico is a grand city, and, as Cortes truly said, its situation is marvellous.
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Aching all over, we reached level ground again, and Mr. Christy withdrew his claims, and agreed that no road anywhere else could possibly be so bad as a Mexican road; a decision which later experiences only served to confirm.
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Coughs seem very common here, especially among the children, though people look strong and healthy, but in the absence of proper statistics one cannot undertake to say whether the district is a healthy one or not.
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During the Tertiary period the whole valley of Mexico was one great lake.
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Even if severe wounds are given, the Indian has many chances in his favor, for his organization is somewhat different from that of white men, and he recovers easily from wounds that would kill any European outright.
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Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth.
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I am afraid the Spanish American has not always a very strict regard for truth.
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If you are a married man resident in Cuba, you cannot get a passport to go to the next town without your wife's permission in writing.
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