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Quotation from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
“Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms.”
A Tale of Two Cities, Book III, Chapter 15 (Project Gutenberg #98 text)
As the tumbrils roll, Dickens argues that the Terror grew from the cruelty of the regime that preceded it.
Citation: "Crush humanity out of shape once more, under similar hammers, and it will twist itself into the same tortured forms." — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, Book III, Chapter 15 (Project Gutenberg #98 text). (id a-tale-of-two-cities-q5)
Portrait: Tales serial, Chapman & Hall, Public domain.
