St. Francis

[Konstantin Dibrova]

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From: Danko Sipka <danko.sipka at ASU.EDU>
To: SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU
Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 13:50:04 -0700
Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] St. Francis

>
> 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
>
> All this sounds good. There is only one problem about the quote: at his death bed Lenin was numb after two or three strokes in 1922 and 1923.
>
Konstantin Dibrova
Assoc. Professor,
St.Petersburg St. University

dibrova_k at mail.ru

>
>
> ----- 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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