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You know it’s not true what they say. There is a future in history!
“Would That It Were” is a series of short stories that has its foundations firmly rooted in actual (albeit obscure) historical events.The story is set in St. Petersburg 1904. And that year they handed out a Nobel prize to a chap who rang bells to make dogs salivate. Would that it were, it inspired another chap who did something even bigger—who?
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