Whenever we encounter the Infinite in man, however imperfectly underst…

Victor Hugo
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Whenever we encounter the Infinite in man, however imperfectly understood, we treat it with respect. Whether in the synagogue, the mosque, the pagoda, or the wigwam, there is a hideous aspect which we execrate and a sublime aspect which we venerate. So great a subject for spiritual contemplation, such measureless dreaming - the echo of God on the human wall! ✨ Victor Hugo (1980). Les misérables, Viking Pr
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