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Revolution is like the daughters of Pelias: it cuts humanity to pieces in order to rejuvenate it.

Georg Buchner
Daughter, Cutting, Order
"Danton's Death". Play by Georg Büchner, Act II, 1835.
Revolution is like the daughters of Pelias: it cuts humanity to pieces in order to rejuvenate it.