lesson of history (novel)

The author takes the reader where he sees the European continent on maps, and urges him to cast his gaze on that evil world that they call civilization and civilisation, where he searches in your imagination for the name (Poland), that kingdom that used to fluctuate in the bliss of freedom and independence, for which time turned and heaven appeared. And he left her the devoid of happiness and contentment. Do you know what she was afflicted with?The Russian bear pounced on it, opened its mouth, and disdained a third of it with its colonial greed, so it abused it and swallowed the cups of injustice, slavery, and its ultimate brutality. Then the German eagle descended upon it; With his sharp claws, he pulled out half of what his predecessor had left behind. And then, you know what happened? Austria was emboldened; So she extended her sinful hand and took away what remained of that sacred temple, and miserable Poland became a victim of the enemies of humanity. Poland was erased from the map of the political world, and its effects were erased, but it was not erased from the hearts of its loyal children. O human! How severe is your disbelief and ungratefulness! Are your spacious country and vast lands narrow for you? So you directed your arrows of vengeance at your fellow man to rob him of what is his? And steal his life until he renounced life and wanted to die? He began repeating the words of the wise man: &quote;How beautiful life would be if it were not for man's meanness!&quote;