There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire …

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There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling. ✨ Victor Hugo (2013). Delphi Complete Works of Victor Hugo (Illustrated), p.6986, Delphi Classics
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