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Solzhynitsyn's passing... - 8/4/2008 10:21:41 PM

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http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=302743098230694

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RE: Solzhynitsyn's passing... - 8/6/2008 6:15:29 PM

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I bought "The gulag archipelago" in 1981 and still haven't finished it.

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RE: Solzhynitsyn's passing... - 8/7/2008 11:27:58 PM

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I read the entire series in college. The stories that he told of the Bolshevik Revolution and the Soviets were amazing and horrifying. The evil that was committed to bring the new Communist regime to power and keep it there was beyond belief.

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RE: Solzhynitsyn's passing... - 8/7/2008 11:45:32 PM

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I just found this thought everyone would enjoy it.

A World Split Apart by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

By Editorial Staff
Published June 1978

Commencement Address Delivered At Harvard University

I am sincerely happy to be here with you on the occasion of the 327th commencement of this old and illustrious university. My congratulations and best wishes to all of today�s graduates.

Harvard�s motto is �VERITAS.� Many of you have already found out and others will find out in the course of their lives that truth eludes us as soon as our concentration begins to flag, all the while leaving the illusion that we are continuing to pursue it. This is the source of much discord. Also, truth seldom is sweet; it is almost invariably bitter. A measure of truth is included in my speech today, but I offer it as a friend, not as an adversary.

Three years ago in the United States I said certain things that were rejected and appeared unacceptable. Today, however, many people agree with what I said �

Story continues

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RE: Solzhynitsyn's passing... - 8/8/2008 1:11:59 AM

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He was truly a great writer. I read "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" in high school and have never forgotten it. It has had that much of an impact on me and the way I think about the concentration camps of that era. A truly freightning but important story he told.

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