Moscow

is no silent immensity of cold stones piled one upon the other to form symmetrical patterns. No, indeed! It has its own soul, its own life, and every stone is graven with its own inscription, carved by time and destiny.

Moscow is not an ordinary city like thousands of others; it is no silent immensity of cold stones piled one upon the other to form symmetrical patterns no, indeed! It has its own soul, its own life .. . every stone is graven with its own inscription, carved by time and destiny, an inscription beyond the comprehension of the crowd but rich and rewarding in thought, feeling, and inspiration for the scholar. A Panorama of Moscow

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Mikhail Lermontov