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alone as by their gentleness and de-
began to understand why Gorki wu 1 in the most monstrous crimes; but it 1 the i r position are so covetous of their sire to serve their fellowmen.
I position and s‘i fearful lest they lose
porary politics. For me to launch I not interested in "politics." "The in- admits no miracles.""
Those who do things and are gen-
upon the present government in Rus- dividualist," he went on, "consider- I "Are there in Russia today many !it that they make themselves and
sia would therefore be useless— inc that man possesses as yet only who still subscribe to Tolstoi's prin- l everybody else uncomfortable in their erous and kind will be esteemed. I.ike
the
original knights they will have to
though parenthetically I remembered the germs of precious spiritual ' preference. Poise always accom-
be dubbed by reason of their own
his having once referred to Rikov as
"There never were many 'ToLstod.lpanies real merit. In future years achievements and battles won and not
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ties,
demands
absolute
freedom
By EDWARD ALDEN JEWELL
"a genuine Slav type, and conse-
men and women will be judged not
development of these qualities, ans' in Russia. Nor did they ever
inherit their glories from others.
quently a good Maximalist." I resur- the
so much by their brains or wealth
disregarding the interests of social t , xt , rt much influence."
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featured, with a high square brow,1 rected the word. "Maximalism." character and acknowledging the
of
the
urrection
"Out
of
this
insc
A prophet
without
honor
his own salient check bones, and deep hollows. What did it mean? Bolshevism, con- state only so far as it secures this
land,
Gorki—his
mind
still In vigorous
cy likely to
cerning which a few years ago no-
and keen—has turned to the sunshine The eyes were blue, candid; his hand., body knew anything at all but about absolute freedom of thought and ac- masses, is a new aristo ra
Lion for the individual. V. Rosanov, arise or has autocracy vanished for-
of the South. I found him far from clasp was finely personal. Then he which everybody now talks so glibly,
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home, living the life of a political ex- smiled; and something was instantly has given place to a new "national t' disciple of Dostoievski, says: 'After ever!"
"The old aristocracy," Gorki an-
ile in the tiny village of St. Agnello, established between us -- something philosophy." I asked him to define committing a crime, and therefore
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sinking amid his surroundintm the swered, "has indeed gone. A fresh
near Sorrento. Ile was now of course which made no feel I had known him it, and tie replied at once:
criminal, in one particular way, rises type is now evolving. Not," he quick-
him well. It was
a man well on in years, yet far from before, and known
"Maximalisin
is
thirst
for
perfec-
above them.' This is the maximalism ly added, "an aristocracy of the non-
Old—tall, lean, sinewy, firm. There the smile, at o nce strong and shy and tion--a desire to see man, and the
of an individualist which entirely ex- veaux riches, but one of spirit."
was power in him, one felt, and there sweet, of a man who has suffered.
world, in perfect, ideal conditions." hausts the psychology of modern
"What part are Russian women
Ile
would
not
talk
about
contem-
was gentleness. His face was sharp-
rulers of the world, with their mad playing in the new culture!"
"A very great part. And as for
intoxication with power.
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of the lnquisitioner.' The Inquisi- Vera Figner and Vera Sassulich
who lives at
ti tier, having locked Christ up in Breshko-Breshkovskaia,
in Czeeho•Slovakia and works
pi ison, asks him: Is it that you value present
on
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Russian
papa[,
Dui,
published in
al one some 10,000 great and strong
numer- Berlin."
oy en, while the other millions,
us as the sands of the sea, are mere.' "Is this great new vitality you
13 to serve as material for the great l , speak of a direct outcome of revolu-
tion?" I inquired.
a n d strong?'
"The growth and development of
"In this question lies buried the
individuality is an uninterrupted pro-
urce
of
the
struggle
between
the
s ,
ailed' and the 'chosen; between the I cess. Revolution increases its speed,
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tired of-
growth of individuality in Russia
every. Both these maximalisms, " is further witnessed by the dozens of
aken at their sharpest edge, are for-' new names which have emerged in
e ver irreconcilable. They will always t h e realms of science and literature."
recently read in one of the
b e the crux of the struggle between ' I apl had
Sian and society. And all the hoe- N es papers a comment by Gorki
are'
on
the
young
literary movement in
.
ible
compromises
which
develop
r
enable only temporarily of lessening Russia. Au astonishing number of
he
tension
of
the
strife.
brilliant
novelists
and poets, he
t
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"Besides," he pursued, ''to my claims, have arisen from the lowest
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mind these compromises are much class—a
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class which prior to the revo-
lution was inarticulate. A war vet-
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a
more
a
proof
of
weariness
than
of
0 2,
genuine
growth
of
social
wisdom.
For
eran
named
Soschenko
has
written
a
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he class struggle, which is, at its I book of short tales which Gorki de-
t heart, the struggle of individualism scribes as a work of startling vigor,
A and socialism, has acquired already a , full of color and profound psycho-
stormy'character. It is clear, there- , logical insight, "telling much in small
I 0 fore, that neither fascism nor such , space." There is also a working-man
organizations as the Ku Klux Klan !named Vsevolod Ivanov, whose vol-
can aspire to any really lasting sue- ; ume entitled "The Blue Sands" paints
cess." civil war in Siberia with "consum-
"Do you mean," I asked, "that mate artistry." Another laborer, Ka-
these 'compromises,' as you call them
,
sin, has revealed himself a ws
really
kno . but
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apothecary, has provoked "passion-
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out realizing it, follows through the I ate discussion" with his drama, "Out-
your agent to write you one of our policies.
ages?" s side the Law." Interestingly enough,
"I look upon them," he answered, I 'however, Gorki told me, the "young"
"as attempts to block the way which , I literature of Russia, if essentially an
history has predestined for humanity I outcome of the revolution, tends to
to follow on its journey from the follow in the footsteps of the older
anarchy of capitalism to more per- Russian writers. "It embraces real-
fect forms of life. Obstructions such ity, remembering always the true tra-
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With the achievements of the Mos-
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the violators.
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"Let me repeat. To my mind, the what special qualities make Russian
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class struggle is fed by the eternal actors today perhaps the finest on the
urge toward individualism, toward :tage. Gorki's reply proved the re-
the freedom of individual develop- verse of what I had expected.
"Your question surprises me. I do
ment. Life will be all the more beau -
tiful, wise and interesting as people not agree with the thesis. The great-
aspire and work for their individual- est artists of the stage, such as Sal- P_
vini, Facconi, Dose, Tina di I.orenzo,
ization."
It here occurred to me to ask what Talmo Sarah Bernhardt, ',Bonnet
position Tolstoi would bkely have Sully, Possart and Irving, were not
taken, had he lived, as regarded the I Russian; and I do not know what
Russian revolution. Russian artists I would name with 14.
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"Tolstoi? lie would of course have ! these—except Mockalov and Shchep. l=
adopted a negative attitude toward kine, both long dead, and Ermolova,
the social revolution of 1917, just as , who nowadays is rarely seen on the
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he had done in 1905. But there is
Talk turned to Gorki's own literary
equally no doubt that this attitude
Id have altered nothing in the production. I had seen it somewhere
I
stated
that he was at work on a novel
course of the revolt of the masses.
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"Which do you consider the best of
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On the may to the door, remember-
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ness for fishing, I turned to inquire if
that was the favorite pastime of this
gentle prophet and exile.
Again the unexpected retort. "I
don't really care for passive condi-
tions of any sort. In one of my last I
stories it is said of the hero: 'He
liked fishing. This occupation, bet-
ter than any other, allows a man to
forget who he is and where he is;
helps him to avoid wondering what
he is there for.' But I have no de-
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