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Yes, there is a Divinity, one from which we must never turn aside for the guidance of our huge inward life and of the share we have as well in the life of all men. It is called the truth.

— Henri Barbusse Light (1919)

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In life's tragedy, separation is the only thing one sees.

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The immense mourning of human hearts appears to us. We dare not name it yet; but we dare not let it not appear in all that we say.

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