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A garden to walk in and immensity to dream in--what more could he ask? A few flowers at his feet and above him the stars.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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The beautiful is as useful as the useful. He added after a moment’s silence, Perhaps more so.
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