Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)
It is late at night, but I cannot turn in for sleep without acknowledging today’s passing of a great man, Alexander Sozhenitsyn.
Make sure to grab onto and read the obits about Solzhenitsyn that will come forth in the press in the next day or two. If you know little or nothing of the man, grab a quick Wikipedia bite, and then launch into some reading of his speeches.
Where to start? Why not go right to “the big one”, his 1978 Harvard commencement address. Being in exile from his native Russia on account of his political views, you might think that he would rail against Soviet Communism in such a setting.
Instead, he spoke prophetically and powerfully about the great lack of courage and conviction characterizing Western society. Softness and comfort and ease had become (and obviously still is) the national pastime.
Here are a few some powerful quotes to get you thirsty…
