The first thing needful is to look the facts squarely in the face; and this is singularly appropriate in the discussion of whiskerage.

You, to whom love was peace, that now is rage; Who did the whole world's soul contract, and drove Into the glasses of your eyes

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This factor is particularly relevant to the history of Spanish, since Spanish has its geographical roots in what is now the northern part of the province of Burgos, an area of the northern meseta which was remote from the centres of economic activity and cultural prestige in Roman Spain, which was latinized fairly late, […]