As I think back, I ask myself, again and again: was there an alternative to the indiscriminate, brutal, basically unplanned rush forward of the Five-Year Plan? I wish I could say there was, but I cannot. I cannot find a answer. Eric Hobsbawm
O Music Miraculous art A blast of thy trumpet and millions rush forward to die a peal of thy organ and uncounted nations sink down to pray. Benjamin Disraeli