The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develo…

Victor Hugo
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The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human. ✨ Victor Hugo (1994). Les Miserables Volume One, p.58, Wordsworth Editions
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