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NIKOLAI VASILYEVICH
GOGOL,
“The
higher truths are, the more cautious one must be with them; otherwise they
are converted into common things, and common things are not believed . . .
The word must be treated honestly. It is the highest gift of God to man.”
(Zeldin,
1969, 23)
“The
Christian will show his humility before everyone, it is the first sign by
which he may be recognized as a Christian.”
(Ibid.,
82)
“Leaf
through the Old Testament: there you will find each of our present events,
you will see more clearly than day how the present has sinned before God,
and the terrible judgement of God upon it so manifestly presented that the
present will shake with trembling.”
(Ibid.,
86)
“Go
on your knees before God and beg His wrath and His love! Wrath against what
ruins man, love for the poor soul of the man who has been ruined and who
ruins himself.”
(Ibid.,
88)
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