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Woe to that nation whose literature is disturbed by the intervention of power. because that is not just a violation against "freedom of print," it is the closing down of the heart of the nation, a slashing to pieces of its memory.
-Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Woe To That Nation Whose Literature Is

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Woe to that nation whose literature is disturbed by the intervention of power. because that is not just a violation against "freedom of print," it is the closing down of the heart of the nation, a slashing to pieces of its memory.
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Woe to that nation whose literature is disturbed by the intervention of power. because that is not just a violation against "freedom of print," it is the closing down of the heart of the nation, a slashing to pieces of its memory. the nation ceases to be mindful of itself, it is deprived of its spiritual unity, and despite a supposedly common language, compatriots suddenly cease to understand one another.
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