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“God forbid that any bloody struggle should come to darken our picturesque mountains with mourning; let every good Spaniard refrain from taking up arms, whether in the Carlist or the republican cause.”

Original: No permita Dios que ninguna lucha sangrienta venga a enlutar nuestras pintorescas montañas, absténganse todo buen español de pronunciamiento sea en sentido carlista o republicano. — Written by a former Carlist soldier, the letter shows a man wearied by faction and longing for peace among his own people · Letter to the Urretxu town council, 1 September 1869 (Spanish)

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