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In fact he was no longer persuaded that blood and revolution made useful tools for altering the concepts in a person’s mind. Who said it?—probably Confucius— I can’t beat a sculpture from a stone with a sledgehammer; I can’t free the soul of a man by violence. Peace was here, peace was now. Peace promised in any other time or place was a lie.

Denis Johnson

In fact he was no longer persuaded that blood and revolution made useful tools for altering the concepts in a person’s mind. Who said it?—probably Confucius— I can’t beat a sculpture from a stone with a sledgehammer; I can’t free the soul of a man by violence. Peace was here, peace was now. Peace promised in any other time or place was a lie.

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