We were the marching column--he was but an obstacle--and the column would have marched over him. ‘Why should he be in our way?’ the pages said afterwards.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “We were the marching column--he was but an obstacle--and the column would have marched over him. ‘Why should he be in…”
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Kropotkin illustrates the youthful fervor of the cadets, prioritizing their mission over the emperor's presence.
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