Word: alejandrino
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Ecuador. Panama and Peru from Spanish rule, founded and gave his name to Bolivia. He died penniless and in a borrowed nightshirt at San Pedro Alejandrino, Colombia, of tuberculosis, Dec. 17, 1830. Said he: "All we have gained is independence, and we have gained it at the cost of everything else. . . . Those who have toiled for liberty in South America have plowed in the sea." Phrasemakers delight in the comparison between Simon Bolivar and George Washington. Pedantic historians deplore it, point out that Bolivar was violently emotional, often extremely cruel; that while Washington constantly urged the U. S. to avoid...
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