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necessary to confiscate, and a love with which mankind
cannot be governed; therefore it has been necessary to
correct thy work, to correct it by the power of Rome
and with the sword of Caesar, and make some hundreds
of thousands of progressive spirits unhappy, exterminate
them when it was possible, in order to secure the
weal of untold millions. To-morrow I shall have you
burned. Dixi."
Christ does not answer a word, but looks into the eyes
of the inquisitor with a mild but firm gaze, then he
quietly moves his face close to the inquisitor’s, and kisses
the old man on his bloodless mouth.
Then the old man trembles, opens the cell door, and
says, “Go your way, and come again never more ...
never, never more!”
This poem is condemned in the novel as the offspring
of an atheistical train of thought, but even the composition
shows with what seriousness and versatility Dostoyevski
has asked the question and tested the different
answers.
The period from 1871 to 1881 was the most peaceful
in Dostoyevski’s life. His second marriage was
instrumental in introducing order in his household affairs.
He eclipsed in popularity all the writers who were at
first regarded as his equals, especially causing Písemski’s
reputation to grow pale in comparison. But he also
eclipsed Turgenief, who had so long been regarded as
his superior. All the ill will which this great author
had stirred up among the Slavophiles and radicals enured
for a long time to the advantage of Dostoyevski. When,
in 1880, the unveiling of Pushkin’s statue in Moscow
was the occasion of a great national literary festivity,
at which the greatest authors made speeches, Turgenief’s
was applauded, but Dostoyevski’s excited raptures and
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