1.0Casting Stoneshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/castingstonesDr. Richard Landhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/castingstones/author/jmartinAleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Witness against Tyranny - Casting Stonesrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="zjoSA7RIgV"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/castingstones/2008/08/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn-witness.html">Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Witness against Tyranny</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/castingstones/2008/08/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn-witness.html/embed#?secret=zjoSA7RIgV" width="600" height="338" title="“Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Witness against Tyranny” — Casting Stones" data-secret="zjoSA7RIgV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a towering figure of morality and courage in a twentieth century far too lacking in both qualities. The fact that the monstrous, totalitarian evil of Soviet Communism could not eliminate the possibility of an Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is an eloquent testimony to both the triumph of the human spirit and the full and…