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A poet cannot be a Party member ... without paying the price.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Age: 89 †
Born: 1918
Born: December 11
Died: 2008
Died: January 1
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... a man can safely sacrifice a great deal as long as he clings to the essential.
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But what can you say in a letter?
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