What is the cat? he exclaimed. It is a corrective. God, having made th…

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What is the cat? he exclaimed. It is a corrective. God, having made the mouse, said, 'I've made a blunder.' And he made the cat. The cat is the erratum of the mouse. The mouse, plus the cat, Is the revised and corrected proof of creation. ✨ Victor Hugo (1987). Les Misérables, Signet Classics
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What is the cat? he exclaimed. It is a corrective. God, having made the mouse, said, 'I've made a blunder.' And he made the cat. The cat is the erratum of the mouse. The mouse, plus the cat, Is the revised and corrected proof of creation. ✨ Victor Hugo (1987). Les Misérables, Signet Classics

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