He had not lived long enough to have discovered that nothing is more close at hand than the impossible, and what must be looked for is the unforeseen. (Victor Hugo)

He had not lived long enough to have discovered that nothing is more close at hand than the impossible, and what must be looked for is the unforeseen.

Victor Hugo

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