Without books, God is silent, justice dormant, natural science at a stand, philosophy lame, letters dumb, and all things involved in darkness.

如果没有书籍，上帝会沉默，正义将消失， 科学裹足，哲学残缺，语言枯燥，万物笼罩在黑暗之中。

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The earthy domestics who toil long hours in his apartment building live together in squalid quarters on the sixth floor, and their plight awakens Jean-Louis's long-dormant sense of justice.

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