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In England, his views were so completely in harmony with those of most intelligent men that it is difficult to trace their influence except in theoretical philosophy; in France, on the other hand, where they led to an opposition to the existing regime in practice and to the prevailing Cartesianism in theory, they clearly had a considerable effect in shaping the course of events. This is an example of a general principle: a philosophy developed in a politically and economically advanced country,
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― History of Western Philosophy
― History of Western Philosophy
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Lenin walks around the world.
Frontiers cannot bar him.
Neither barracks nor barricades impede.
Nor does barbed wire scar him.
Lenin walks around the world.
Black, brown, and white receive him.
Language is no barrier.
The strangest tongues believe him.
Lenin walks around the world.
The sun sets like a scar.
Between the darkness and the dawn
There rises a red star.
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― [(The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: Poems 1951-1967 v. 3)] [Author: Langston Hughes] published on
― [(The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: Poems 1951-1967 v. 3)] [Author: Langston Hughes] published on
