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“My mother was convinced, and on this head I have retained her firm belief, that to kill animals for the purpose of feeding on their flesh is one of the most deplorable and shameful infirmities of the human state; that it is one of those curses cast upon man either by his fall, or by the obduracy of his own perversity.”

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Alphonse de Lamartine

Alphonse de Lamartine was a French Romantic poet, novelist, and politician. He is known for his lyrical poetry and novels, which have had a profound influence on literature. more

“Imperialism is capitalism at that stage of development at which the dominance of monopolies and finance capitalism is established; in which the export of capital has acquired pronounced importance; in which the division of the world among the international trusts has begun, in which the division of all territories of the globe among the biggest capitalist powers has been completed.”

World Has Beens Stage Development Capitalism Importance International Finance Division Territory Capitalist Globes Imperialism Monopoly Dominance Stages Of Development

Author:Vladimir Lenin

“Democracy for an insignificant minority, democracy for the rich -- that is the democracy of capitalist society.”

Democracy Rich Minorities Capitalist Insignificant

Author:Vladimir Lenin

“For any truth, if “overdone” (as Dietzgen Senior put it), if exaggerated, or if carried beyond the limits of its actual applicability, can be reduced to an absurdity, and is even bound to become an absurdity under these conditions.”

Ifs Limits Absurdity Exaggerated

Author:Vladimir Lenin

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