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He saw before him two roads, both equally straight but he saw two and that terrified him — him, who had never in his life known but one straight line. And, bitter anguish, these two roads were contradictory.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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