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36 coercion and slavery—that in this lies their great historical calling.

I would like to think that we Russian parasites, reared by and having received leisure for mental work through the people’s labour, will understand our sin, and, independently of our personal advantage, in the name of the truth that condemns us, will endeavour to undo it.

Yasnaya Poliana, July, 1905.