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Memory is a gulf that a word can move to its lowest depths.

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Victor Hugo
Age: 83 †
Born: 1802
Born: February 26
Died: 1885
Died: May 22
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If you are stone, be magnetic if a plant, be sensitive but if you are human be love.
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