Who then understands the reciprocal flux and reflux of the infinitely …

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Who then understands the reciprocal flux and reflux of the infinitely great and the infinitely small, the echoing of causes in the abysses of being, and the avalanches of creation? ✨ Victor Hugo (1994). Les Miserables Volume Two, p.606, Wordsworth Editions
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