Russian Academy

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“Whatever qualities [Tsar Nicholas I] may have shown in his own kingly profession, it must be admitted that in his dealings with the Russian Muse he was at the worst a vicious bully, at the best a clown.”
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“The academy is not paradise. But learning is a place where paradise can be created.”
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