If you look at the arms of the Mexican Republic, on a passport or a silver dollar, you will see a representation of a rock surrounded by water.
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The Indian fig trees sent down from every branch suckers, like smooth strings, which rooted themselves in the ground to draw up more water.Edward Burnett Tylor
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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The Cathedral, for instance, is really a very grand building when seen from a little distance, with its two high towers and its cupola behind.
Edward Burnett Tylor
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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Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish.
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When we had been a week or two in the city of Mexico, we decided upon making an excursion to the great silver mining district of the Real del Monte.
Edward Burnett Tylor
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