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Only later, much later, did I come to see that Lenin’s greatest gifts were not those of a tribune or a publicist, not even those of a thinker, but even in those early days it was obvious to me that the dominating trait of his character, the feature which constituted half his make-up, was his will: an extremely firm, extremely forceful will capable of concentrating itself on the most immediate task but which yet never strayed beyond the radius traced out by his powerful intellect and which assigned every individual problem its place as a link in a huge, world-wide political chain.

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Only later, much later, did I come to see that Lenin’s greatest gifts were not those of a tribune or a publicist, not even those of a thinker, but even in those early days it was obvious to me that the dominating trait of his character, the feature which constituted half his make-up, was his will: an extremely firm, extremely forceful will capable of concentrating itself on the most immediate task but which yet never strayed beyond the radius traced out by his powerful intellect and which assigned every individual problem its place as a link in a huge, world-wide political chain.
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Yogthos (yogthos@social.marxist.network)'s status on Wednesday, 19-Feb-2025 09:59:47 JST Yogthos

It's worthwhile to read about how Lenin was seen by those who worked directly with him, rather than relying on the century of mythmaking and ideological spin that has clouded his legacy since his death. Firsthand accounts strip away the mystique, offering a clearer picture of the man behind the revolution.
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lunachar/works/silhouet/lenin.htm
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