Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, R.I.P.
Vindication is rarely so complete in a single lifetime, even one nearly 90 years long.
The world justly celebrates the life of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, a great man whose work and witness seems most aptly summed up in a single word: prophetic. But, as prophets are in a habit of doing, he made some people feel the needle who were sure they didn’t deserve it.
For at least a dozen years, beginning in 1962, he seemed nothing less than the bravest man in the world.
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The world justly celebrates the life of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, a great man whose work and witness seems most aptly summed up in a single word: prophetic. But, as prophets are in a habit of doing, he made some people feel the needle who were sure they didn’t deserve it.
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For at least a dozen years, beginning in 1962, he seemed nothing less than the bravest man in the world.
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Vindication is rarely so complete in a single lifetime, even one nearly 90 years long.
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As a writer, Solzhenitsyn combined the eye of a visual artist with the voice of an Old Testament prophet.
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