Genuflection before the idol or the dollar destroys the muscles which …

Victor Hugo
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Genuflection before the idol or the dollar destroys the muscles which walk and the will that moves. ✨ Victor Hugo (2007). Hugo's Works, p.81, Wildside Press LLC
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Genuflection before the idol or the dollar destroys the muscles which walk and the will that moves. ✨ Victor Hugo (2007). Hugo's Works, p.81, Wildside Press LLC

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