“A generation which has passed through the shop has absorbed standards and ambitions which are not of those of spaciousness, and cannot get away from them. Everything with them is done as though for sale, and they naturally have in view the greatest possible benefit, profit and that end of the stuff that will make the best show.”
Quote by Alexander Herzen
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Alexander Herzen
Alexander Herzen (April 6, 1812 - January 21, 1870) was a prominent Russian writer, thinker, and social activist, known as one of the pioneers of the Russian democratic movement. His works deeply revealed the contradictions and problems of the Russian society at that time, and had a profound impact on the Russian literary and intellectual circles. more
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