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Some might consider him as too fond of fame; for the desire for glory clings even to the best men longer than any other passion.
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The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.
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The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
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Lenin is not comparable to any revolutionary figure in history. Revolutionaries have had ideals. Lenin has none. He is a madman, an immolator, wishful of burning, and slaughter, and sacrificing.
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120
(aged 62)
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