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Chapter 1

           Ifhehasajustification,itisthathedoesnotknowwhatheisdoing,andbelievesthathishatredofRussiaisthegrandestandmostprofitablekindofliberalism.(Youwilloftenfindaliberalwhoisapplaudedandesteemedbyhisfellows,butwhoisinrealitythedreariest,blindest,dullestofconservatives,andisnotawareofthefact.)ThishatredforRussiahasbeenmistakenbysomeofour‘Russianliberals’forsincereloveoftheircountry,andtheyboastthattheyseebetterthantheirneighbourswhatrealloveofone’scountryshouldconsistin.Butoflatetheyhavegrown,morecandidandareashamedoftheexpression‘loveofcountry,’andhaveannihilatedtheveryspiritofthewordsassomethinginjuriousandpettyandundignified.Thisisthetruth,andIholdbyit;butatthesametimeitisaphenomenonwhichhasnotbeenrepeatedatanyothertimeorplace;andtherefore,thoughIholdtoitasafact,yetIrecognizethatitisanaccidentalphenomenon,andmaylikelyenoughpassaway.Therecanbenosuchthinganywhereelseasaliberalwhoreallyhateshiscountry;andhowisthisfacttobeexplainedamongus?BymyoriginalstatementthataRussianliberalisnotaRussianliberalthat’stheonlyexplanationthatIcansee.”

           “Itakeallthatyouhavesaidasajoke,”saidPrinceS.seriously.

           “Ihavenotseenallkindsofliberals,andcannot,therefore,setmyselfupasajudge,”saidAlexandra,“butIhaveheardallyouhavesaidwithindignation.

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