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Alphonse Karr
Alphonse Karr

Alphonse Karr, born on November 24, 1808, was a prominent French journalist. His career spanned the 19th century, and he was known for his sharp pen and insightful observations. Karr's work covered a wide range of topics, including politics, society, and literature, and had a profound impact on French society. more

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“For some time there was a widely held notion (zealously fostered by the daily press) to the effect that the 'thinking ocean' of Solaris was a gigantic brain, prodigiously well-developed and several million years in advance of our own civilization, a sort of 'cosmic yogi', a sage, a symbol of omniscience, which had long ago understood the vanity of all action and for this reason had retreated into an unbreakable silence.”