“The Death of the contemporary forms of social order ought to gladden rather than trouble the soul. Yet what is frightening is that the departing world leaves behind it not an heir, but a pregnant widow. Between the death of the one and the birth of the other, much water will flow by, a long night of chaos and desolation will pass.”
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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