St. Francis

[Danko Sipka]

It is apparently anecdotal evidence of the words Ленин (- жил, Ленин - жив,
Ленин - будет жить!) uttered at his death bed

http://www.duel.ru/publish/ivanova_u/p02.html

"Я сделал большую ошибку. Меня преследует чувство, как будто я потерялся в
океане из крови и бесчисленных жертв. Но для меня обратной дороги нет. Чтобы
спасти Россию, нам нужны такие мужи как Франциск Ассизский, 10 человек таких
как он, и Русь была бы спасена".

Владимир Ленин.

Best,



Danko

Danko Sipka
Research Associate Professor and Acting Director
Critical Languages Institute (http://cli.la.asu.edu) /until May 15, 2005/
Professor of Slavic Languages
Department of Languages and Literatures /from August 16, 2005/
Arizona State University
E-mail: Danko.Sipka at asu.edu
Web: http://www.public.asu.edu/~dsipka





----- Original Message -----

From: "Janneke van de Stadt" <Janneke.vandeStadt at WILLIAMS.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 1:24 PM
Subject: [SEELANGS] St. Francis


> Dear SEELANGERS,
>
> Can anyone  provide more citation information on this quote by Lenin?
>
> I have deluded myself. Without doubt, it was necessary to free the
> oppressed masses. However, our methods resulted in other oppressions and
> gruesome massacres. You know I am deathly ill; I feel lost in an ocean of
> blood formed by countless victims. This was necessary to save our Russia,
> but it is too late to turn back. We would need ten Francis of Assisi.
>
> I've been leafing through letters written by him in 1924, but have not
> found anything yet.
>
> Many thanks in advance!
>
> Janneke
>
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