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Quoted by Matthew H. Young, Lessons in Revolution from the Republic of Professors | First Things<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Havel was a playwright in Communist Czechoslovakia, and his plays got him into trouble with the leftwing authorities, which in turn led him to jail time and eventual leadership in the anti-Communist dissident movement.<\/p>\n

What are some other cases in which \u201can attempt to do your work well\u201d\u2013an aspect of vocation\u2013can lead to cultural or political dissidence?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"