The End of the Age: On the Approaching Revolution Preceded by the Crisis in Russia (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The End of the Age: On the Approaching Revolution Preceded by the Crisis in Russia<br/><br/>Two months ago I received a cable with reply paid for 100 words from a North American paper, asking me what I think concerning the meaning, object, and probable results of the Zemstvo agitations. As I had and have a very definite opinion on this subject, differing from that of the majority, I deemed it right to express it.<br/><br/>I answered thus:<br/><br/>"Object Zemstvo agitation restriction of despotism and establishment of representative government. Will the agitation leaders attain their aim or only continue stirring public? In both cases sure results of whole matter will be delay of true social amelioration. True social amelioration can be attained only by religiously moral perfectioning of all individuals. Political agitation, putting before individuals pernicious illusion of social improvement by change of forms, habitually stops the real progress, as can be observed in all constitutional countries - France, England, America."<br/><br/>This telegram was published - not quite correctly - in the Moscow News, and after this I began to receive - and still continue so to do - letters of rebuke for the thoughts I had expressed, and further inquiries from American, English and French papers as to what I think of the events now taking place in Russia.<br/><br/>About the Publisher<br/><br/>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com