NIHILILIST SENTIMENTS.
The last letters of tbe Russian revolutionists before their execution are not devoid of certain pathos and dignity. Kaibaltchich wrote to his brother: ' All is finished. Bear philosophically that which, destiny sends me. I am the victim of this historical development of my country. I have done my duty.' Jeliaboff wrote to his sister: 'In a short time I shall be whore there ia no more sorrow or crying. I have" tried to act so that upon earth there would be less of thai sorrow;. Thpfc was the object to which I have sacrificed everything. I go into the other world, where G/od will judge me. If he does not condemn me, tvbat will be the fate of my judges ? What shame will cover tht>;ii!' Through the gloomy philosophy of these wretched victims of 'the historical development of their country' there somewhat of the spirit of self-saurifice which in every age has sent martyrs to the ntn'kf an/t patriots to the scaffold. —Pall Mall Budget.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3153, 5 August 1881, Page 4
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167NIHILILIST SENTIMENTS. Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3153, 5 August 1881, Page 4
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