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Quote by Victor Hugo
The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only

The drama is complete poetry. The ode and the epic contain it only in germ it contains both of them in a state of high development, and epitomizes both. – Victor Hugo

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There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time as come. – Victor Hugo

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Nothing else in the world… not all the armies… is so powerful as an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo

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Greater than the tread of mighty armies is an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo

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