“I have a sincere pity for any nation where old heads grow on young shoulders; youth is a matter, not only of years, but of temperament.”

— Alexander Herzen , book My Past and Thoughts

ibid, Ch. 7, s.3
My Past and Thoughts(1852-1870)

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Russian author 1812–1870

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