You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience. ✨ …

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You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience. ✨ Victor Hugo (2012). Les Misérables, p.260, Courier Corporation
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You ask me what forces me to speak? a strange thing; my conscience. ✨ Victor Hugo (2012). Les Misérables, p.260, Courier Corporation

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