In the relations of man with the animals, with the flowers, with all t…

Victor Hugo
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In the relations of man with the animals, with the flowers, with all the objects of creation, there is a whole great ethic, scarcely perceived as yet, which will at length break through into the light, and which will be the corollary and the complement to human ethics. ✨ The Alps and Pyrenees.
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