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Chapter 1

           IfanyRussianshallhavedoneorsaidanythingreallyandabsolutelyoriginal,heistobecallednationalfromthatmoment,thoughhemaynotbeabletotalktheRussianlanguage;stillheisanationalRussian.Iconsiderthatanaxiom.Butwewerenotspeakingofliterature;webeganbydiscussingthesocialists.Verywellthen,IinsistthattheredoesnotexistonesingleRussiansocialist.Theredoesnot,andtherehasneverexistedsuchaone,becauseallsocialistsarederivedfromthetwoclassesthelandedproprietors,andtheseminarists.Alloureminentsocialistsaremerelyoldliberalsoftheclassoflandedproprietors,menwhowereliberalsinthedaysofserfdom.Whydoyoulaugh?Givemetheirbooks,givemetheirstudies,theirmemoirs,andthoughIamnotaliterarycritic,yetIwillproveasclearasdaythateverychapterandeverywordoftheirwritingshasbeentheworkofaformerlandedproprietoroftheoldschool.You’llfindthatalltheirraptures,alltheirgeneroustransportsareproprietary,alltheirwoesandtheirtears,proprietary;allproprietaryorseminarist!Youarelaughingagain,andyou,prince,aresmilingtoo.Don’tyouagreewithme?”

           Itwastrueenoughthateverybodywaslaughing,theprinceamongthem.

           “IcannottellyouontheinstantwhetherIagreewithyouornot,”saidthelatter,suddenlystoppinghislaughter,andstartinglikeaschoolboycaughtatmischief.“But,Iassureyou,Iamlisteningtoyouwithextremegratification.

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