And thus closes another Frederick the Great Winter Special!
Oh, Dzerzhinsky. It makes me think of what might or might not have been Shostakovich’s words in what might or might not have been his autobiography:
“Mayakovsky compared himself with Pushkin, as you know, and even now many seriously rank him with Pushkin. I think that our comrades are mistaken. I’m not talking about talent now, talent is a moot point, I’m talking about position. In a cruel age Pushkin praised liberty in his writings and called for mercy for the fallen. Mayakovsky called for something completely different, he called on youth to model its life on Comrade Dzerzhinsky. That would be like Pushkin asking his contemporaries to imitate Benkendorf or Dubelt.”
Snap! Oh no he Did-Unt!!
Back to our regularly scheduled continuity next Tuesday!!
– Count Dolby von Luckner
In favor of the Creepy Hypothesis, I submit this.
Well, we wrap up the Winter Special on Thursday, then back to Frederick, China, Euler’s grudge with Coolidge, Delaflote and Archimedes and the kidnapped Power of Time, and decision time for Ethan Allen!
– Count Dolby von Luckner
