"History moves terribly slowly, we must give it a push."
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Attributed in J. Bowyer Bell, Assassin! (1979) p. 44
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Andrei Zhelyabov
Andrei Ivanovich Zhelyabov (Russian: Желябов, Андрей Иванович; 29 August [O.S. 17 August] 1851 – 15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1881) was a Russian revolutionary and member of the executive committee of Narodnaya Volya ('People's Will').
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