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Is not man himself the most unsettled of all the creatures of the earth? What is this trembling sensation that is intensified with each ascending step in the natural order?

Ugo Betti

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Ugo Betti
Age: 61 †
Born: 1892
Born: February 4
Died: 1953
Died: June 6
Judge
Playwright
Poet
Writer
Men
Insecurity
Sensations
Creatures
Step
Unsettled
Steps
Intensified
Natural
Ascending
Order
Trembling
Earth
Sensation

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