{"_id":"64113da8f902f5be1c4d8d1d","title":"The Blood of the Martyrs","author":"Stephen Vincent Benét","code":"the-blood-of-the-martyrs","words":6744,"publish_year":1936,"publish_source":"The Saturday Evening Archives","publish_edition":"Sep 18","image":"prison.jpg","image_alt":"Rusty, worn prison bars viewed from inside.","genres":["literary"],"description":"Professor Malzius, imprisoned by the new national regime, is given the chance to return to his research and experiments at his old university. He must, however, follow all the new rules. ","blurb":"Well, it was his own fault. He could have accepted the new regime; some respectable people had done that. He could have fled the country; many honorable people had. A scientist should be concerned with the eternal, not with transient political phenomena; and a scientist should be able to live anywhere.","rating":5,"unique_cover":"Sketch of a crushed pair of glasses and an inkstain on the ground.","cover_source":"Evan C. Lewis","has_review":true,"has_collections":[{"code":"truth","title":"Truth and Lies","collection_type":"theme"},{"code":"literary","title":"Best of Literary","collection_type":"genre"}]}