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The Possessed

CHAPTER VI
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No, in Europe they are not yet so bold; it is a realm of stone, there there is still something to lean upon.

So far as I see and am able to judge, the whole essence of the Russian revolutionary idea lies in the negation of honour.

I like its being so boldly and fearlessly expressed.

No, in Europe they wouldn't understand it yet, but that's just what we shall clutch at.

For a Russian a sense of honour is only a superfluous burden, and it always has been a burden through all his history.


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