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“Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that, unless we love the truth, we cannot know it.”

Blaise Pascal

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“Not to him who is offensive to us are we most unfair, but to him who doth not concern us at all.”

Friedrich Nietzsche

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What is apathy?

Maxim Gorky - Creatures That Once Were Men - Section II

Section II begins by introducing a new series of characters into the story. These are the regulars who stay at the dosshouse. Each has a unique story. One of those mentioned is a boy that they called Kuvalda Meteor.

Here is an excerpt from his introduction to the story:

"Boy! What business have you here on this earth?"
The boy answered boldly and stoutly:
"I am a barefooted tramp. . . ."
"You are a fool!" decided Aristid Kuvalda. "what are you knocking about here for? You are of absolutely no use to us . . . Do you drink vodki? . . . No? . . . Well, then, can you steal?" Again, "No." "Go away, learn, and come back again when you know something, and are a man. . . ."
The youngster smiled. "No. I shall live with you."
"Why?"
"Just because. . . ."

After Gorky finished introducing the new cast of characters he notes:
“The above were the chief members of the Captain's company, and he called them with kind-hearted sarcasm "Creatures that once were Men." For though there were men who had experienced as much of the ...

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