People go to church for the same reasons they go to a tavern: to stupefy themselves, to forget their misery, to imagine themselves, for a few minutes anyway, free and happy.
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Nationality: Russian Type: Revolutionary Born: May 30, 1814 Death: June 13, 1876 |
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“But, gentlemen, can any of us say that as a result of such overwhelming sacrifices of money, of men, of ideals, and of civil dignity the sense of security has indeed been attained?”
“A probing analysis of the problems of evolution forms the basis of my prose.”