The news today strikes me viscerally. Some of our 11th graders are studying Havel's plays, and beyond them, the power of graceful dissidence. From his Letters to Olga, 1980:
"It's strange, and at this moment almost incomprehensible, that a few hours ago we saw each other and were talking as though nothing had happened. Was it true? I suppose so. One never ceases to be amazed."
Also, his general philosophical footprint: "Truth and love must prevail over lies and hatred."
indeed. Sbohem, Vaclave.
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