Memories are selective. To forget grief is easier and sooner than joy. The warriors of the first line, not generals and commanders, are reluctant to recall aversions and horrors. They even fail to admire the trifle delights of war times for there is no tragedy more abominable than war. Wars are omnipresent and perpetual, so that those who live are the species selected by wars. Therefore, most of the humans try to forget filth and odium, to safe mind and to live a bit longer. Analysis and self-control of a person supersede statistics. We have to preserve the true pictures of that which goes on in order to transfer our experience to the next generations and to guard our descendants from bygone gross and disasters.
By the way, a lot of villainy rests in academic life, which should be remembered.
It so happens that a darling of fate crosses out the name of his elder friend and coauthor from the title page. Perhaps, this is due to a pure chance but the coauthor is an outsider and outsider is not the best of vogue words...
It so happens that a rogue is unlucky: He rejected a thesis of an applicant on the grounds of the applicant's political unreliability. But the thesis has contained an outstanding result of the future classic of science...
It so happens that a careerist is unforesightful and appraises his accomplice who blamed a scientific leader for serving the bosses of the world behind the scenes...
It so happens that a scoundrel sniffs the sharp turns of life and springs into the team of newbies while ignoring colleagues and dreaming that he has attained the highest power and impeccable moral authority...
Anything happens. However, the bygones never vanish but influence the present and the future. Modest people must remember the past. To cover flaws is disrespected.
To remember is the urgent call of intelligence, honor, and conscience.
December 9, 2020
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