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OCR: Flammarion and Hugo were both ua the same day and shared similar interests in astronomy and psychical researrh Flammarion regarded Hugo as his intellectual men tor see Memoires, op cit. pp 216 217 229 243 -244 Flammarion sent Hugo copy ofL pluralite des mondes Iabites which the older author received with great pleasure Hugo acknowledged Flammarion his late work Post- -Scriptum de vie, and the twa often participat- ed in spiritual seances. For Hugo' passion for astronomy see H Gregoire L'astronowie dans "oeuvre de Victor Hugo, Paris, 1933, especially pp. 186ff. Flammarion and Van Gogh were certainly attuned ta Hugo's anticlericalism as well; Van Gogh quotes Hugo' saying "Religions pass away but God remains, while Flammarion declares "Religion, yes; religions, na See Complete Letters, op cit ...