“
And it’s only too evident that revolution will come about through the Soviet Union, or there’ll be no revolution. And yet, if Russia has merely substituted one system of oppression for another, if she’s reestablished slavery, how can one have the least friendship for her?. . . Perhaps evil
is everywhere,” Henri said to himself.
”
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I hadn't known Chancel very well, but ten days earlier I had seen him laughing with the others around the Christmas tree. Maybe Robert was right; the distance between the living and the dead really isn't very great. And yet, like myself, those future corpses who were drinking their coffee in silence appeared ashamed to be so alive.
...more
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― The Mandarins
― The Mandarins
