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“Il m’est venu un jour l’idée que si l’on voulait écraser complètement, anéantir un être humain, le frapper du châtiment le plus terrible, au point que l’assassin le plus effroyable en aurait eu peur à l’avance il suffirait juste de donner au travail un caractère d’inutilité, d’absurdité totale, complète.”

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Book:Crimen y Castigo
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