Oil! by Upton Sinclair

Paul moved one hand: and again Ruth cried in excitement -- he was coming back to life! But the nurse said that meant nothing, the doctors had said he might move. They must not let him move his head. She took his temperature, but told them nothing.

Paul's hands were straying over the sheet that covered him; aimlessly, here and there, as if he were picking at insects on the bed. His voice rose louder -- Russian, always Russian, and Gregor would tell what the words meant. They were in the red square, and saw the armies marching, and heard the working masses shouting their slogans: they were on the playing fields with the young workers; they were in Siberia, with Mandel playing the balalaika, and having his eyes eaten out by ants. "Da zdrávstvooyet Revolútziya! " -- that meant "Long live Revolution! " "Vsya vlast Soviétam! -- All power to the Soviets!"