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"A shocking 1.7 million Austro-Hungarian troops were in Russian captivity at the beginning of 1917...The Russian Kerensky Offensive in June 1917 rather too easily ripped a thirty-mile gap between the corps of the Austro-Hungarian Third Army and took thousands more prisoners." — 18 hours, 5 min ago
"A shocking 1.7 million Austro-Hungarian troops were in Russian captivity at the beginning of 1917...The Russian Kerensky Offensive in June 1917 rather too easily ripped a thirty-mile gap between the corps of the Austro-Hungarian Third Army and took thousands more prisoners." — 18 hours, 5 min ago
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“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.”
― The World As I See It
― The World As I See It
“The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go into the desperate country, and have to console yourself with the bravery of minks and muskrats. A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind. There is no play in them, for this comes after work. But it is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things..”
― Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
― Civil Disobedience and Other Essays
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― Dune
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