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The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
Born: Feb 26, 1802
Died: May 22, 1885

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Progress, Has-Been, Advanced, Over, Been, Handled, Revolutions, Human, Race, Realize, Human Race, Roughly

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