Selling all he could spare
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vendendo todo o superfluo, e limitando-se ao que era estrictamente necessario,
selling all the superfluous, and limiting himself to what was strictly necessary,
He strips his life to the bone — everything not strictly necessary is sold. The asceticism is a form of love: each thing surrendered is a coin toward his daughter's freedom.
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