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 at the head of the counter-revolution. The Cadets are now in open conflict with the revolutionary democracy. At the other political pole are the Extremists or Ultra-Revolutionaries, whose watchword is "Deepen the Revolution." Just as the Cadets wish to arrest the Revolution by an artificial dam, so the Maximalists desire by artificial means to add impetus to its flow and bring about the full regeneration of Society at a stroke. These people, of whom Lenin is the most conspicuous leader, constitute the Extreme Left, and their activities are just as dangerous to the safe evolution of the new régime, as are the counter-revolutionaries of the Right. There are further extremes both of the Right and Left, the Black Hundreds on the one hand and the Anarchists on the other, but neither of these ultra-extremists need be taken into serious account at this stage of affairs. Between these forces of counter-revolution and ultra-revolution, the Cadets and Maximalists, stands the great mass of Russian opinion, represented by the C.W.S.D.,