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the prospect of victory by either side appalled us

[...] The recent conflicts over Tripolitania and Morocco showed that butchery was being unleashed over Europe in the cause of a redivision of colonies. The prospect of victory by either side appalled us. How was it that among so many victims, no men were to be found brave enough to rush across from…

—p.57 Memoirs of a Revolutionary 2. Live to Prevail: 1912-1919 (53) by Victor Serge
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I was confident of beating the treadmill

[...] In the poky, solitary cell in which each of us slept, whose window faced the sky, I was able to read only for a few moments in the morning, and for a few more in the evening. During my compulsory labor in the printshop, I used to set up notes and comments in galley form for certain comrades t…

—p.55 2. Live to Prevail: 1912-1919 (53) by Victor Serge
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no possibility of substantial change was visible

[...] In those times the world was an integrated structure, so stable in appearance that no possibility of substantial change was visible within it. As it progressed up and up, and on and on, masses of people who lay in its path were all the while being crushed. The harsh condition of the workers i…

—p.51 1. World Without Possible Escape: 1906-1912 (3) by Victor Serge
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edifying

I am still thankful to him for that edifying outburst of anger

—p.44 1. World Without Possible Escape: 1906-1912 (3) by Victor Serge
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edifying

I am still thankful to him for that edifying outburst of anger

—p.44 1. World Without Possible Escape: 1906-1912 (3) by Victor Serge
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