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Did science promise happiness? I do not believe it. It promised truth, and the question is to know if we will ever make happiness with truth.

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Emile Zola
Age: 62 †
Born: 1840
Born: January 1
Died: 1902
Died: January 1
Art Critic
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Paris
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Emile Edouard Charles Antoine Zola
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