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Quotation from The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) by Victor Hugo
“The invention of printing is the greatest event in history. It is the mother of revolution.”
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris), Book Fifth, Chapter II, This Will Kill That, trans. Isabel F. Hapgood
Hugo's argument that printing has replaced architecture as the principal expression of humanity.
Citation: "The invention of printing is the greatest event in history. It is the mother of revolution." — Victor Hugo, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris), Book Fifth, Chapter II, This Will Kill That, trans. Isabel F. Hapgood. (id the-hunchback-of-notre-dame-q5)
Portrait: Victor Hugo by Étienne Carjat 1876 - full, Étienne Carjat, Public domain.
