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I live in a totalitariaa state
ire totalitarian I belong to it I cant leave II- I-- I
have to work to advance its communist society so iety
comm nist society- iety-
My university also belongs to this society the state determines
tis soci ty t e dete ines
determines-
ines-
my
iny course of study my wholeacademic life is Subject to the cause
whole academic te cause-
of that totalitarian machine That which doesnt contribute to its
tat its-
advancement isnt worthy of academic pursuitpursui-
MY STATE IS concerned witht technology it is concerned-
tMY wi concern-
concerned
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edI the exertion of its power-
with power
My duties to my state are to be militarily trained and doctrin- doctrin
anly trained I have to indoctrinate others I have to watch my-
arily my
professors activities with respect to the Marxian dialetical material
activ ties mate al-
materjal
materjal-
material-al
ismwhich
ism which we all have to exercise and to promote- promote
Yet I knew that things were different outside my state I knew-
y knew
that the dogmatic assertions of my state werent infallible I knew- knew
the West was different from that which I was told
te tat told-
told-
AND THOSE IN Hungary in Czechoslovakia in the Balkans-
Czechoslovaki te Balkans
lnew
and in Poland knew something about the real situation of the world-
te te world
100009 peopie
We knew because 100000 people went back and forth between- between
bet een
betYeeneen-
betYeen-
East and West Berlin every day- day
On August 13 the Berlin gates were closed- closed
Let us s md together in informed faithand in certainty that our-
Let stand faith and tat our
re l faith will overcome
real this totalitarian philopohy to which we are
philsopohy are-
subo1idinated
now completely subordinated
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