Romain Gary. European education (№ 404412)

- Saveliy Lvovich! Peh shouted. - After all, your son liberated Stalingrad.
- N-no. It's not my son. The people liberated Stalingrad. Folks, you know? People should be thanked! My son retreated month after month. He drew arrows and circles on the map: that's all he did. Then he said to himself, "This circle will be the last." "Okay?" he asked the people. And the people said, "Got it." So who should we thank? The one who drew a small icon on the map, or the one who irrigate the earth with his blood? And?
Silence reigned.