a question about Dostoevsky and prisons

[Sasha Spektor]

1.  Alina is right -- it's not in the Diary (I just word searched "тюр").
2.  That's a pretty big summary, if you ask me.  There's a passage in The
Dead House about corporal punishment that is kind of close to the one in
question, but it's very specific.  The phrase has been attributed among
others to Truman and Ghandi, but I haven't been able to find a direct
source.

Thank you to those who responded.
Sasha.


On Sun, Dec 16, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Loren Billings <sgnillib at gmail.com> wrote:

> This reminds me of the summary/misquote of Martin Luther King Jr.'s
> writing that is being removed from the memorial to him in Washington:
>
> "The quote in question -- one of more than a dozen on the site -- is
> inscribed on one side of the stone. The abbreviated and paraphrased
> version of the line sparked controversy in 2011 when acclaimed poet
> and author Maya Angelou said it made the civil rights leader appear to
> be arrogant.
>
> "The line reads: 'I was a drum major for justice, peace and righteousness.'
>
> "In fact, King's original words, from a 1968 sermon at Ebenezer
> Baptist Church in Atlanta, were: 'If you want to say that I was a drum
> major, say that I was a drum major for justice. Say that I was a drum
> major for peace. I was a drum major for righteousness. And all of the
> other shallow things will not matter.'
>
> [...]
>
> "Angelou said that leaving out the 'if' changes the meaning."
>
> (from "Controversial MLK Memorial inscription to be removed"
> <http://edition.cnn.com/2012/12/11/us/mlk-memorial-inscription>)
>
> --Loren Billings (National Chi Nan University, Taiwan)
>
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