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\u201cPerhaps he was highly intelligent and gifted\u2013a remarkably honest man. Had he not been hemmed in on all sides by sea and mountains, he might have made an excellent rural welfare worker, a statesman, an orator, a publicist, or a great man of action\u2013who could tell? And if so, how stupid to argue whether one was doing the decent thing or not! Suppose some able, useful person\u2013a musician or artist, say\u2013broke down a wall and tricked his gaolers so that he could escape from prison? In such a situation any action is honourable.\u201d<\/strong>
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\u2013the genteelly catty Anton Chekhov, \u201cThe Duel\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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