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The earlier works of a man of genius are always preferred to the newer ones, in order to prove that he is going down instead of up.

Victor Hugo
Art, Men, Order
Victor Hugo (1909). “The Works of Victor Hugo”
The earlier works of a man of genius are always preferred to the newer ones, in order to prove that he is going down instead of up.