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An excessive preponderance of an idealistic mood is harmful to society: it creates daydreaming, political Don Quixotism, hope for heavenly intervention. This is an undeniable truth--but it is also true that every extreme is harmful.

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Henryk Sienkiewicz
Age: 70 †
Born: 1846
Born: May 5
Died: 1916
Died: November 15
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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz
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