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The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to… — Leo Tolstoy

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The hero of my tale, whom I love with all the power of my soul, whom I have tried to portray in all his beauty, who has been, is, and will be beautiful, is Truth.

In the original Russian

Герой же моей повести, которого я люблю всеми силами души, которого старался воспроизвести во всей красоте его и который всегда был, есть и будет прекрасен, - правда.

Leo Tolstoy
Sevastopol in May · 1855
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1855
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Leo Tolstoy
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Tolstoy, Leo. "Sevastopol in May." The Cossacks and Other Stories, translated by David McDuff and Paul Foote. Penguin Books, 2006.
Original citation
Tolstoy, Leo. "Севастополь в Мае [Sevastopol in May]." Sovremennik, 1855.

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