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Quotation from A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov

“And if predestination really exists, why are free will and reason granted us? Why are we obliged to render an account of our actions?”

Mikhail Lermontov (spoken by An officer)

A Hero of Our Time, The Fatalist, trans. J. H. Wisdom and Marr Murray (1912)

Officers argue about fate before Vulich's wager.

Citation: "And if predestination really exists, why are free will and reason granted us? Why are we obliged to render an account of our actions?" — Mikhail Lermontov, A Hero of Our Time, The Fatalist, trans. J. H. Wisdom and Marr Murray (1912). (id lermontov-a-hero-of-our-time-q2)

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