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(1889) [MARC] Author: Georg Brandes Translator: Samuel Coffin Eastman - Tema: Russia
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We are reminded, in considering it, of the passage in
Gogol’s “Dead Souls,” where Tchitchikof’s kibitka is
lost in the distance, driven with mad haste, —

“And dost not thou, Russia, drive away like a troïka,
not to be overtaken! The road smokes behind thee, the
bridges creak. Thou leavest all behind thee. The
beholders, amazed, stop and say, — ‘Was it a flash of
lightning ? what means this blood-curdling course? what is
the secret power in these horses? What kind of horses
are you? have you whirlwinds in your withers? have
you recognized tones from above, and do you now force
your iron limbs, without touching the earth with your
hoofs, to fly hence through the air, as if inspired by a
God? Russia, answer whither thou art driving?’ There
comes no answer. We can hear the little bells on the
horses tinkling strangely; there is a groaning in the air,
increasing like a storm; and the Russian land continues
its wild flight, and the other nations and kingdoms of
the earth step timorously aside, without checking its
career.”

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