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< 'To the entire world',
thus added our father the Sun, 'I give my light and my brilliance; I give
men warmth when they are cold; I cause their fruits to fructify and their
cattle to multiply; each day that passes I go all around the world in
order to have a better knowledge of men's needs and to satisfy these
needs: follow my example. Do unto all of them as a merciful father would
do unto his well-beloved children; for I have sent you on earth for the
good of men, that they might cease to live like wild animals. You shall be
the kings and the lords of all the people who accept our law and our
rule.' >
Garcilaso de la Vega, The Royal Commentaries of the Yncas
(translated by Maria Jolas,
Lima 2002)
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