1700: Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky: Atheist, Socialist, Humanist Ukrainian Writer
Author(s): Scott Douglas Jacobsen
Publication (Outlet/Website): Medium (Personal)
Publication Date (yyyy/mm/dd): 2026/06/08
“Ukrainian society, defeated in the class struggle, with the yoke of serfdom around its neck, dragged out its fate with a muffled murmur.”
“The free spirit of the people still smoldered beneath the ashes of bondage.”
“The older generation, witness to another life, still showed on its palms the calluses from the saber raised in defense of popular and human rights.”
“For life comes at me unceasingly and relentlessly, like a wave upon the shore. Not only my own life, but another’s too.”
“I cannot pass by a human being. I cannot be alone.”
“I live not as I wish, but as you tell me in your countless ‘musts,’ in your endless ‘you have tos.’”
“Ah, human sorrow, you catch me after all! And am I not running away? The weakened strings have already tightened; another’s sorrow can already play upon them.”
“Rise up, people, stretch out your hand for your own truth. If you do not take it yourself, no one will give it to you.”
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