"We, Russians, are so created by
our Russian God that we can feel
the pain of others as if it were
our own. We sympathize with
Poland and give our lives for
it, we crucify ourselves for
Jewish equality, weep for the
Boers, worry about Bulgaria or
volunteer for Garibaldi... And
no one is capable of so
generously, so modestly, so
selflessly and so sincerely
throwing away their lives in the
name of the illusory idea of the
happiness of the future of
humanity as we are."
