I believe that if one were to destroy in mankind the belief in immortality, not only love but every living force maintaining the life of the world would at once be dried up.
— Fyodor Dostoevsky Modern

Crime and Punishment, Brothers Karamazov

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The Brothers Karamazov

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1880

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Humorous

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2805/2805-h/2805-h.htm

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