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7. VII.
M. Madeline was, if anything, better than
Myriel.
M. Myriel was a saint. M. Madeline a good man.
M. Myriel was dead. M. Madeline was living.
That made all the difference.
M. Madeline made virtue profitable. I have seen
it written:
“Be virtuous and you will be happy.”
Where did I see this written? In the modern
Bible? No. In the Koran? No. In Rousseau?
No. Diderot? No. Where then?
In a copy book.
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