Граф Монте-Кристо

Ideology.

           Tobiastooktheangelwhorestoredhimtolightforanordinaryyoungman.ThenationstookAttila,whowasdoomedtodestroythem,foraconquerorsimilartootherconquerors,anditwasnecessaryforbothtorevealtheirmissions,thattheymightbeknownandacknowledged;onewascompelledtosay,‘IamtheangeloftheLord’;andtheother,‘IamthehammerofGod,’inorderthatthedivineessenceinbothmightberevealed."

           "Then,"saidVillefort,moreandmoreamazed,andreallysupposinghewasspeakingtoamysticoramadman,"youconsideryourselfasoneofthoseextraordinarybeingswhomyouhavementioned?"

           "Andwhynot?"saidMonteCristocoldly.

           "Yourpardon,sir,"repliedVillefort,quiteastounded,"butyouwillexcusemeif,whenIpresentedmyselftoyou,IwasunawarethatIshouldmeetwithapersonwhoseknowledgeandunderstandingsofarsurpasstheusualknowledgeandunderstandingofmen.Itisnotusualwithuscorruptedwretchesofcivilizationtofindgentlemenlikeyourself,possessors,asyouare,ofimmensefortuneatleast,soitissaidandIbegyoutoobservethatIdonotinquire,Imerelyrepeat;itisnotusual,Isay,forsuchprivilegedandwealthybeingstowastetheirtimeinspeculationsonthestateofsociety,inphilosophicalreveries,intendedatbesttoconsolethosewhomfatehasdisinheritedfromthegoodsofthisworld.

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