“It is time, we repeat, that this monstrous slumber of men's …”

“It is time, we repeat, that this monstrous slumber of men's consciences should end. It must not be, after that fearful scandal, the triumph of crime, that a scandal still more fearful should be presented to mankind: the indifference of the civilized world. Book I, III”

— Victor Hugo

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