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Written laws are formulas in which we endeavor to express as concisely as possible that which, under such or such determined circumstances, natural justice demands.
Victor Cousin
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Victor Cousin
Age: 74 †
Born: 1792
Born: November 28
Died: 1867
Died: January 15
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