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“How many persons condemned to the horrors of solitary confinement have gone mad - simply because the thinking faculties have lain dormant!” quote by Jules Verne — Download Open image

“How many persons condemned to the horrors of solitary confinement have gone mad - simply because the thinking faculties have lain dormant!”

Jules Verne

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