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that all intelligent circles in Russia were taken
up by one great conflict—the family-conflict
between the old and the young. Parents and
children were at variance, not about property
or other practical matters, but exclusively about
theories and abstract questions—‘their views did
not agree.’ It was only that, but that ‘only’
was sufficient to make children desert their
homes and parents repudiate their children.
It became an epidemic, especially among
young girls, to run away from home. In the
immediate vicinity of Palibino, fortunately no
such thing had occurred, but it was rumoured
now from one place, now from another, that a
daughter had run away, either to study abroad
or to join the Nihilists in St. Petersburg.
It was said that somewhere in the capital a
certain mysterious community existed — the
terror of parents and teachers—which was said
to admit all young girls who wished to leave
their homes. Young people of both sexes were
supposed to live there in perfect equality. No
servants were allowed; ladies had to scrub the
floors and work with their own hands. Of course
none of the persons who spread these reports
had ever set eyes on the community, and
nobody knew where it was, nor how it could
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