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Quotation from Les Misérables by Victor Hugo

“Javert’s ideal, was not to be human, to be grand, to be sublime; it was to be irreproachable.”

Victor Hugo (spoken by Narrator)

Les Misérables, Volume V, Book 4, Javert Derailed, trans. Isabel F. Hapgood

Portrait of Victor Hugo

Javert on the parapet over the Seine, realizing he has let Valjean go.

Citation: "Javert’s ideal, was not to be human, to be grand, to be sublime; it was to be irreproachable." — Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, Volume V, Book 4, Javert Derailed, trans. Isabel F. Hapgood. (id les-miserables-q5)

Portrait: Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 - full, Étienne Carjat, Public domain.

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