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Fyodor Dostoevsky

“Thou didst not come down from the cross when they shouted to Thee, mocking and reviling Thee, "Come down from the cross and we will believe that Thou art He." Thou didst not come down, for again Thou wouldst not enslave man by a miracle. Thou didst crave faith given freely, not based on a miracle. Thou didst crave for free love and not the base raptures of the slave before the might that has overawed him for ever.”

Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Grand Inquisitor
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The Grand Inquisitor The Grand Inquisitor by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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