The beautiful is as useful as the useful. He added after a moment’s si…

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The beautiful is as useful as the useful. He added after a moment’s silence, Perhaps more so. ✨ Victor Hugo (1994). Les Miserables Volume One, p.17, Wordsworth Editions
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The beautiful is as useful as the useful. He added after a moment’s silence, Perhaps more so. ✨ Victor Hugo (1994). Les Miserables Volume One, p.17, Wordsworth Editions

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