In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, thou <br />alone art my stay and support, mighty, true, free Russian speech! But for <br />thee, how not fall into despair, seeing all that is done at home? But who <br />can think that such a tongue is not the gift of a great people!<br /><br />Ivan Turgenev<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-russian-tongue/
