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Justice is the very last thing of all wherewith the universe concerns itself. It is equilibrium that absorbs its attention.

Maurice Maeterlinck

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Maurice Maeterlinck
Age: 86 †
Born: 1862
Born: August 29
Died: 1949
Died: May 5
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Maurice Polydore Marie Bernard Maeterlinck
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