Book 6, Chapter 2 (Recollections of Father Zosima's Youth)
Zosima's dying brother Markel: 'every one of us has sinned against all men, and I more than any.'
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From The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The novel's recurring spiritual doctrine: each person is guilty before all and for all.
Book 6, Chapter 3
The doctrine restated: 'There is only one means of salvation, then take yourself and make yourself responsible for all men's sins.'
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