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 Russian nation precious time in which to recover her force—time that surely she will know how to profit by.

And if this is so, what matter the defeats, the trials, the disasters even, which accompany, as they always have accompanied, great revolutions? Russian liberty is still fighting tooth and nail for its very existence. Russia must at one and the same time defend herself against the menaces of absolute authority, the perils of anarchy, and the ravages of invasion. At first glance, the Revolution seems to have engendered only chaos. So be it; but do not let us forget the words of Nietzsche, "There must be chaos, that out of chaos may come forth new stars. There must be chaos, that new worlds may be born."