Biography
I have outlived three generations of brave men to whom I was deeply attached and whose memory remains dear to me.
I must confess that the feeling of having so many dead men at my back, many of them my betters in energy, talent and historical character, has often overwhelmed me.
Victor Serge: Memoirs
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1890-1917 "Thou shalt think, thou shalt struggle, thou shalt be hungry." |
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1917-1924 "We have conquered everything, but everything has slipped from our grasp" |
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1924-1928 "While there was one chance in a hundred for the regeneracy of the revolution and its workers' democracy, that chance had to be taken." |
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1928-1936 "Their job is to suppress us noiselessly; ours is to survive." |
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1936-1941 "Everywhere well intentioned men would ask 'Give me an explanation of the mystery of the confessions.'" |
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1941-1947 "Problems no longer have their former beautiful simplicity... we are in full transformation of the world, in a moving chaos." |
