Word: montezuman
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...interior of each of its five cars is carried out in a different period design, reflecting the Montezuman glory of ancient Mexico, the rich transition styles, and finally the highly futuristic treatment of contemporary Mexican artists...
...place not much different from that which it might hold in a Confucian, Shinto, Brahman, or pagan country. For Mexico is obsessed by Aztec nationalism, by a desire to extirpate the religion of those who brought her both Christianity and European civilization, and to exalt the memory of the Montezuman emperors. This campaign has culminated in a feeling that the Roman Church is antinational. This is the reason why we need expect no Mexican, whether Indian or non-Indian, to become a martyr for his faith. It explains, furthermore, why the extraordinarily complex religious situation has not aroused the people...
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