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Question SA-14. Here is the text reference (p. 164/2):

Although this first-level interpretation is not necessarily contrary to Rodó's thinking (as well as that of many other Latin Americans then and since), it misses much of the rest of his message. Rodó's voice is that of the nobler values of Latin culture speaking out against the mechanistic and deterministic dictates of Positivism, which were so prevalent in his period around the turn of the Century. Rodó notes the many contributions of both cultures, summarized in his statement that the Anglo-Saxon gift to mankind was liberty while the Greco-Roman (Latin) gift was culture. However, neither is the exclusive preserve of one group, and each must learn from the other.