History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads. People get the history they deserve. When you lament a misfortune and fear that worse is to come people will tell you 'It's the law of history. It's the will of evolution.' They will explain it all very lucidly.Stand-up gentlemen, against such clever cowardice. It's worse than stupidity. It's the sin against the Holy Spirit.

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Country: France

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