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Chapter 7

           Andsothethinghasgoneon,onlythattotheswordtheyhaveaddedlying,intrigue,deceit,fanaticism,superstition,swindling;theyhaveplayedfastandloosewiththemostsacredandsincerefeelingsofmen;theyhaveexchangedeverythingeverythingformoney,forbaseearthlypower!AndisthisnottheteachingofAnti-Christ?HowcouldtheupshotofallthisbeotherthanAtheism?AtheismisthechildofRomanCatholicismitproceededfromtheseRomansthemselves,thoughperhapstheywouldnotbelieveit.Itgrewandfattenedonhatredofitsparents;itistheprogenyoftheirliesandspiritualfeebleness.Atheism!Inourcountryitisonlyamongtheupperclassesthatyoufindunbelievers;menwhohavelosttherootorspiritoftheirfaith;butabroadwholemassesofthepeoplearebeginningtoprofessunbeliefatfirstbecauseofthedarknessandliesbywhichtheyweresurrounded;butnowoutoffanaticism,outofloathingfortheChurchandChristianity!”

           Theprincepausedtogetbreath.Hehadspokenwithextraordinaryrapidity,andwasverypale.

           Allpresentinterchangedglances,butatlasttheolddignitaryburstoutlaughingfrankly.PrinceN.tookouthiseye-glasstohaveagoodlookatthespeaker.TheGermanpoetcameoutofhiscornerandcreptnearertothetable,withaspitefulsmile.

           “Youexaggeratethematterverymuch,”saidIvanPetrovitch,withratheraboredair.“Thereare,intheforeignChurches,manyrepresentativesoftheirfaithwhoareworthyofrespectandesteem.

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