Closing Passage - Speech at the Stone

From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The novel ends with Alyosha's speech to the schoolboys at Ilusha's stone, affirming the redemptive power of good memories from childhood.
Epilogue, Chapter 3 (The Speech at the Stone)

Alyosha tells the boys: 'You must know that there is nothing higher and stronger and more wholesome and good for life in the future than some good memory, especially a memory of childhood.'

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Epilogue, Chapter 3

The famous final cry of 'Hurrah for Karamazov!' from the boys, ending the novel on a note of hope and brotherhood.

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