“Service of the people by sciences and arts will only exist when men live with the people and as the people live, and without presenting any claims will offer their scientific and artistic services, which the people will be free to accept or decline as they please.”

— Leo Tolstoy

What then must we do? (1886)

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Russian writer 1828–1910

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