civilization will not attain to its perfection, until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest /

Émile Zola? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: The prominent French novelist and journalist Émile Zola has been credited with an inflammatory anti-clerical statement. Here are three versions in English: Civilization will thrive only when the final stone,from the final church has fallen on the final priest. Civilization will not attain perfection, until the final stone …Continue reading Civilization Will Not Attain To Its Perfection, or Until the final Stone from the final Church Falls on the final Priest

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