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“Il y a maintenant en France dans chaque village un flambeau allumé, le maître d'école, et une bouche qui souffle dessus, le curé.”

— Victor Hugo

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Source

Title
Wikiquote: Victor Hugo
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Context

Histoire d'un crime. Déposition d'un témoin (1877), Deuxième Journée. La lutte, ch. III: La barricade Saint-Antoine

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Hugo, Victor. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Victor Hugo. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo

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