In them the counterfeit ravings of the ignorant monk (Nilus) evoked but a smile of contempt.

The low level of the circles in which men like Nilus moved and worked is only too well known.

It was the world of police denunciations, divorce perjuries, monastic servility and feigned, blasphemous piety.

In order to attract attention, Nilus's 'Protocols of the Wise Men of Zion' had to emigrate from Russia.

And the further away they went, the better they fared.".