"Undoubtedly the priests of the Roman Catholic Church did many unjust things during the period of Spanish domination in the New World, but the number of good and noble deeds done by them (deeds the bulk of which is unrecorded) completely dwarfs the evil."
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History of the Spanish Conquest of Yucatan and of the Itzas (1917)
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Philip Ainsworth Means
Philip Ainsworth Means (April 3, 1892 – November 24, 1944) was an American anthropologist, historian, and author.
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