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We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as the monks let it wither in the world of prayer and contemplation.
Alexander Herzen

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Journalist Quotes
Category:
Russian Journalist Quotes
Date of Birth:
April 6, 1812
Date of Death:
January 21, 1870
Nationality:
Russian
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