A ESCRAVA ISAURA

A Escrava Isaura 6.154 · 6.154

Selling all he could spare

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vendendo todo o superfluo, e limitando-se ao que era estrictamente necessario,

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selling all the superfluous, and limiting himself to what was strictly necessary,

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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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