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O texto apresenta uma leitura poética e filosófica da ação pública de um estadista, alternando elogios oficiais com a dramática descrição do terramoto de Lisboa, o pânico e a reconstrução empreendida. Examina as medidas governamentais impostas em emergência, incluindo práticas autoritárias e repressivas, e regista reações populares e políticas diversas, entre aprovação e crítica. A composição combina narrativa histórica, imagens intensas dos acontecimentos e reflexão ética sobre poder, utilitarismo e liberdade, questionando as tensões entre ordem pública, progresso e direitos individuais.
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