More Than Anything, One Is Struck By

If Reason Ruled The World Would History Even Exist?

Literature Seemed To Be Everything Then. People Looked To It For The Strength To Live, For Guidance, For Revelation.

Although A System May Cease To Exist In The Legal Sense Or As A Structure Of Power, Its Values (or Anti-values), Its Philosophy, Its Teachings Remain In Us. They Rule Our Thinking, Our Conduct, Our Attitude To Others. The Situation Is A Demonic Paradox: We Have Toppled The System But We Still Carry Its Genes.

I Remember In 1978 Meeting Two Ugandan Captains In The Hotel Talking Russian. They Had Been Educated In Moscow And Since They Came From Different Ugandan Peoples, It Was The Only Way They Could Understand One Another.

The So-called New Russian Man Is Characterized Mainly By His Complete Exhaustion. You May Find Yourself Wondering If He Has The Strength To Enjoy His New-found Freedom. He Is Like A Long-distance Runner Who, On Reaching The Finishing Line, Is Incapable Even Of Raising His Hands In A Gesture Of Victory.