“ there are fathers who will nevermore see their children; brothers who, like yourself, will never see their brothers again. ”
Victor Hugo, Ninety-Three (1874). copy citation
| Author | Victor Hugo |
|---|---|
| Source | Ninety-Three |
| Topic | father |
| Date | 1874 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ninety-three |
Context
“Consider. It concerns you. Do you hear the cannon shots at this instant? There are men dying over there; there are desperate souls in mortal agony; there are husbands there who will nevermore see their wives; there are fathers who will nevermore see their children; brothers who, like yourself, will never see their brothers again. And whose fault is it? It is the fault of your own brother. You believe in God, do you not? Well, you know that God is suffering at this very moment; God suffers in His Christian son, the king of France, who is a child like the child Jesus, and who is imprisoned in the fortress of the Temple;”
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