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"WE ARE ONE OF THOSE NATIONS WHICH DO NOT SEEM TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE HUMAN RACE, BUT WHICH EXIST ONLY TO GIVE SOME GREAT LESSON TO THE WORLD. THE INSTRUCTION WHICH WE ARE DESTINED TO GIVE WILL CERTAINLY NOT BE LOST; BUT WHO KNOWS THE DAY WHEN WE WILL FIND OURSELVES A PART OF HUMANITY AND HOW MUCH MISERY WE SHALL EXPERIENCE BEFORE THE FULFILLMENT OF OUR DESTINY?"; PYOTR CHAADAEV, 1836