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“Elena Pavlovna was for him [Tsar Nicholas I] the personification of those empty people who talked not only about science and poetry, but also about governing people, imagining that they could govern themselves better than he, Nicholas, governed them.”
― Hadji Murád
― Hadji Murád
“This praise of his strategic abilities was especially pleasing to [Tsar] Nicholas, because, though he was proud of his strategic abilities, at the bottom of his heart he was aware that he had none. And now he wanted to to hear more detailed praise of himself.”
― Hadji Murád
― Hadji Murád
“The deep Chile of the fascists had always been there, beneath the surface, just waiting to emerge. It was the triumph of the arrogant Right, the defeat of the people who believed in that utopian revolution.”
― A Long Petal of the Sea
― A Long Petal of the Sea
“He [Tsar Nicholas I] had done much evil to the Poles. To explain that evil he had to be convinced that all Poles were scoundrels. And Nicholas regarded them as such and hated them in proportion to the evil he had done them.”
― Hadji Murád
― Hadji Murád
“The constant, obvious flattery, contrary to all evidence, of the people around him [Tsar Nicholas I] had brought him to the point that he no longer saw his contradictions, no longer conformed his actions and words to reality, logic, or even simple common sense, but was fully convinced that all his orders, however senseless, unjust, and inconsistent with each other, became sensible, just, and consistent with each other only because he gave them.”
― Hadji Murád
― Hadji Murád
Judaica Librarians
— 10 members
— last activity Nov 05, 2008 09:14AM
Group for librarians who like to read and discuss jewish books and literature.
Dewey's 24 Hour Read-a-Thon
— 4435 members
— last activity Jun 14, 2026 06:20AM
Our next readathon will be July 10-11, 2026. We'll start reading at 8pm Eastern Time on Friday April 10th, and end Saturday July 11th at 8pm EDT. ...more
Special Libraries Association
— 34 members
— last activity May 09, 2021 10:33AM
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a nonprofit global organization for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners in bu ...more
Robert’s 2025 Year in Books
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