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have been more content; but they have said nothing! nothing![1]
Ah! deign, O Eternal Father, from the height of heaven to cast one look upon the earth!
Behold! there is but one man, who by one single word can oppress millions of men![2]
- ↑ Compare these reflections of Bondareff's with those of the celebrated sectary Soutaïef. "If the Czar knew!" said Soutaïef to a throng of his followers. One day he departed for St. Petersburg; he would inform the Czar. Vain task: they would not let him approach him. The unfortunate reformer was obliged to return to his own village, accusing himself of sin for failing in perseverance." (A. Leroy-Beaulieu, Revue des Deux-Mondes, Sept. 15, 1888, page 426.)
- ↑ Probably alluding to the Czar.
