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What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past. - Victor Hugo (The Man Who Laughs Quotes)

What is history? An echo of the past in the future; a reflex from the future on the past.[Qu’est l’histoire? Un écho du passé dans l’avenir. Un reflet de l’avenir sur le passé.]

Source:(Estes and Lauriat, ed. 1869), Volume II, Part II. By Order of the King, Book VIII. The Capitol and Things Around It, Chapter III. The Old Hall, Page 269
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Victor Hugo (The Man Who Laughs Quotes)
  • Book: The Man Who Laughs
  • Writer: Victor Hugo
  • Genre: Classics, Fiction
  • Published: 1869
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