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Hitherto without being; hidden away in the womb of eternity; possessed neither of thought nor feeling; remote from the range of human ken -- the Man bursts, in some unknown manner, the bars of non-existence, and

Hitherto without being; hidden away in the womb of eternity; possessed neither of thought nor feeling; remote from the range of human ken -- the Man bursts, in some unknown manner, the bars of non-existence, and announces with a cry the beginning of his brief life. In the night of non-existence there bursts forth also a little candle, lit by an unseen hand. Mark well its flame: for it is the life of that Man.

Leonid Andreyev
Night, Men, Flames

Death augments distance and dulls the memory. Death reconciles.

Leonid Andreyev
Death, Memories, Distance
Leonid Andreyev (1922). “He who Gets Slapped: A Play in Four Acts”

Do you not see the hand of God, which gives harmony, light, and love to the world? Do not the mountains, in the blue cloud of incense, sing their hymn of glory?

Leonid Andreyev
God, Hands, Hymns
Leonid Andreyev (1922). “He who Gets Slapped: A Play in Four Acts”

It's a powerful instrument, dynamite -- nothing like it for a convincing argument!

Leonid Andreyev
Powerful, Argument, Instruments
Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev “Savva and the Life of Man: Two Plays by Leonid Andreyev”, Library of Alexandria

The only thing not worth destroying is science. That would be useless. Science is unchangeable, and if you destroyed it today, it would rise up again the same as before.

Leonid Andreyev
Today, Would Be, Useless
Leonid Andreyev (1914). “Savva: The Life of Man : Two Plays ...”

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