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Spain, the country of contrasts,
of races differing from one another in habits, customs, and language,
has one great thing that welds it into a homogeneous nation, and this
is its Religion. Wherever one's footsteps wander, be it in the progressive
provinces of the north, the medievalism of the Great Plain, or in that
still eastern portion of the south, Andalusia, this one thing is ever
omnipresent and stamps itself on the memory as the great living force
throughout the Peninsula. In her Cathedrals and Churches, her ruined
Monasteries and Convents, there is more than abundant evidence of the
vitality of her Faith; and we can see how, after the expulsion of the
Moor, the wealth of the nation poured into the coffers of the Church
and there, centralised the life of the nation. — William Wiehe Collins, Cathedral Cities of Spain |
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