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And In This Silence Of The Dumb And These Speeches Of The Blind, In This Medly Of People Bound Together By The Same Grief, Terror And Hope, In This Hatred And Lack Of Understanding Between Men Who Spoke The Same Tongue, You Could See Much Of The Tragedy Of The Twentieth Century.

-Vasily Grossman

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And In This Silence Of The Dumb

Vasily Grossman

And In This Silence Of The Dumb And These Speeches Of The Blind, In This Medly Of People Bound Together By The Same Grief, Terror And Hope, In This Hatred And Lack Of Understanding Between Men Who Spoke The Same Tongue, You Could See Much Of The Tragedy Of The Twentieth Century.

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