Monologue

Borkman Monologue from John Gabriel Borkman

From John Gabriel Borkman by Henrik Ibsen

male · defiant · 37 sec

No. But the great aims I had in life helped me to bear even that. I wanted to have at my command all the sources of power in this country. All the wealth that lay hidden in the soil, and the rocks, and the forests, and the sea-- I wanted to gather it all into my hands to make myself master of it all, and so to promote the well-being of many, many thousands.

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