Victor Hugo Quote

To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have used and which is in danger of being lost - that is to say, one of the elements, whether good or bad, which have shaped and complicated civilization - is to extend the scope of social observation and to serve civilization.


Les Misérables (1862)


To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have used and which is in danger of being lost - that is to say, one of the elements, ...

To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have used and which is in danger of being lost - that is to say, one of the elements, ...

To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have used and which is in danger of being lost - that is to say, one of the elements, ...

To rescue from oblivion even a fragment of a language which men have used and which is in danger of being lost - that is to say, one of the elements, ...