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Chapter 5

           Napoleonattractedhimtremendously,thatis,whataffectedhimwasthatagreatmanymenofgeniushavenothesitatedatwrongdoing,buthaveoversteppedthelawwithoutthinkingaboutit.Heseemstohavefanciedthathewasageniustoothatis,hewasconvincedofitforatime.Hehassufferedagreatdealandisstillsufferingfromtheideathathecouldmakeatheory,butwasincapableofboldlyoversteppingthelaw,andsoheisnotamanofgenius.Andthat’shumiliatingforayoungmanofanypride,inourdayespecially....”

           “Butremorse?Youdenyhimanymoralfeelingthen?Ishelikethat?”

           “Ah,AvdotyaRomanovna,everythingisinamuddlenow;notthatitwaseverinverygoodorder.Russiansingeneralarebroadintheirideas,AvdotyaRomanovna,broadliketheirlandandexceedinglydisposedtothefantastic,thechaotic.Butit’samisfortunetobebroadwithoutaspecialgenius.Doyourememberwhatalotoftalkwehadtogetheronthissubject,sittingintheeveningsontheterraceaftersupper?Why,youusedtoreproachmewithbreadth!Whoknows,perhapsweweretalkingattheverytimewhenhewaslyingherethinkingoverhisplan.Therearenosacredtraditionsamongstus,especiallyintheeducatedclass,AvdotyaRomanovna.Atthebestsomeonewillmakethemupsomehowforhimselfoutofbooksorfromsomeoldchronicle.Butthoseareforthemostpartthelearnedandalloldfogeys,sothatitwouldbealmostill-bredinamanofsociety.Youknowmyopinionsingeneral,though.Ineverblameanyone.

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