If Reason Ruled The World Would History

The Tradition Of Russian Literature Is Also An Eastern Tradition Of Learning Poetry And Prose By Heart.

In The Russian Experience, Although The Russian State Is Oppressive, It Is Their State, It Is Part Of Their Fabric, And So The Relation Between Russian Citizens And Their State Is Complicated.

A Journey, After All, Neither Begins In The Instant We Set Out, Nor Ends When We Have Reached Our Door Step Once Again. It Starts Much Earlier And Is Really Never Over, Because The Film Of Memory Continues Running On Inside Of Us Long After We Have Come To A Physical Standstill. Indeed, There Exists Something Like A Contagion Of Travel, And The Disease Is Essentially Incurable.

Most Correspondents Came From The Former Colonial Powers - There Were British, French, And A Lot Of Italians, Because There Were A Lot Of Italian Communities There. And Of Course There Were A Lot Of Russians.

The Cold War In Africa Is One Of The Darkest, Most Disgraceful Pages In Contemporary History, And Everybody Ought To Be Ashamed.