CHAPTER XIV

THE PHANTOM OF NIHILISM

England's Sympathy with the Nihilists--Cabinet Ministers' Indiscretion--Mr. Gladstone's Incredulity--I Prove my Words--Mr. Gladstone's Action--A Strange Confusion--A Reformed Nihilist--His Significant Admission--The Nihilist's Regret--The Death of Revolutionary Russia--The Greatness of the Future--The Reckless, Impulsive Russian--The Russian Refugees at Buenos Ayres--They Crave for a Priest

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