Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are done, we recognize one thing: that the human race — Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are done, we recognize one thing: that the human race — Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are done, we recognize one thing: that the human race — Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are done, we recognize one thing: that the human race — Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are done, we recognize one thing: that the human race — Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
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Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are done, we recognize one thing: that the human race has been badly manhandled, but that it has moved forward.

— Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
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