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Since the same human mire remains beneath, does not all civilization reduce itself to the superiority of smelling nice and living well?

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Emile Zola
Age: 62 †
Born: 1840
Born: January 1
Died: 1902
Died: January 1
Art Critic
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
Novelist
Photographer
Playwright
Poet
Political Journalist
Short Story Writer
Theatre Critic
Paris
France
Emile Edouard Charles Antoine Zola
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Civilization
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Nice
Mire
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Smelling

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