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"I can tell you that thousands of centuries before these there were great kingdoms, stronger, prouder, and more cultured than yours. But life, which is stronger than nations and more ancient than memorials, has swept them aside in her mysterious path, leaving neither trace nor memory of them."

Bravo, Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin!

"There are very few, who can see other people, I assure you."

"There are very few people, who can see other people, I can assure you."

"Anathema" is a Slavic salvo of a tribute to Count Lev Tolstoy, by his fanboy AI Kuprin.

Kuprin's "Elephant" really puts a smile on this reader. :-)

"Hamlet" and "The White Poodle" top the collection, so far. Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin's soul laid bare, in both. :-)

“The unexpected sympathy of the differently-abled boy had suddenly warmed and soothed my heart, and shown me that it is possible to live, and that one ought to live, as long as there is love and compassion in the world.”