Friday's writing devotional was on the famous Soviet author, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who wrote books that "shed a true light on what was happening behind the Iron Curtain. Solzhenitsyn lived from 1918 to 2008 and served as the commander of an artillery-position-finding company during World War II due to his knowledge and interest in mathematics.
Fun fact about dear old Aleksandr: In 1945 he was arrested for an unflattering portrayal of Stalin, sentenced to eight years in a detention camp and after one month, his status as a citizen of the Soviet Union was changed to "exiled for life." However, when he returned in 1994, he was welcomed back as a hero.
"I believe that world literature has it in its power
to help mankind, in these its troubled hours,
to see itself as it really is, notwithstanding the indoctrinations
of prejudiced people and parties."
(I apologize for the tardiness of this post. Personal life got in the way yesterday.)
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