"The people demand of you that you be equal to these great historical times, that you sacrifice all other considerations, that you offer your utmost abilities, that you act at this time as men who are independent, who have no personal ties and obligations, men of supreme moral and national consciousness."
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The Bohemian Review, Volume 1, p.5
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Jaroslav Kvapil
Jaroslav Kvapil (25 September 1868 – 10 January 1950) was a Czech poet, theater director, translator, playwright, and librettist.
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