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1 " The origin myth of the Mexica included a tale of descent from seven lineages, who emerged from seven caves in a mythical location in the Mexican north. "
― Matthew Restall , Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest
2 " To distinguish between the curved and the straight. —Horace (ca. 30 B.C.) "
3 " Collective achievement, of course, is less appealing both to the participants and to those later reading about it as the human impulse is to look for the heroes and villains. "