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The hydra
incorporates itself with the man; the man becomes one with the hydra. The spectre lies upon
you: the tiger can only devour you; the devil-fish, horrible, sucks your life-blood away. He draws
you to him, and into himself; while bound down, glued to the ground, powerless, you feel yourself
gradually emptied into this horrible pouch, which is the monster itself. Victor Hugo, "The Toilers of The Sea"
