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When I came to know Lenin better, I appreciated yet another side of him which is not immediately obvious – his astonishing vitality. Life bubbles and sparkles within him. Today, as I write these lines, Lenin is already fifty, yet he is still a young man, the whole tone of his life is youthful. How infectiously, how charmingly, with what childlike ease he laughs, how easy it is to amuse him, how prone he is to laughter, that expression of man’s victory over difficulties! In the worst moments that he and I lived through together, Lenin was unshakeably calm and as ready as ever to break into cheerful laughter.

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When I came to know Lenin better, I appreciated yet another side of him which is not immediately obvious – his astonishing vitality. Life bubbles and sparkles within him. Today, as I write these lines, Lenin is already fifty, yet he is still a young man, the whole tone of his life is youthful. How infectiously, how charmingly, with what childlike ease he laughs, how easy it is to amuse him, how prone he is to laughter, that expression of man’s victory over difficulties! In the worst moments that he and I lived through together, Lenin was unshakeably calm and as ready as ever to break into cheerful laughter.
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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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