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?©rin de Bouscal, Guyon, -1657

"The Shield"


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THE JEWISH QUESTION AS A RUSSIAN QUESTION

_Dmitry Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky occupies an important place in
modern Russian letters and religious philosophy. He is
responsible for several books of poems and for a series of
ponderous historical novels. He is also the author of numerous
critical studies distinguished by an original method and an
extraordinary brilliancy. He was born in 1866._


THE JEWISH QUESTION AS A RUSSIAN QUESTION
BY DMITRY MEREZHKOVSKY

Russia ... Russia alone should be our deepest concern at present. The
destiny of the numerous races and nationalities that go to make Russia
is the destiny of the Russian Empire itself. One would ascertain the
attitude of these nationalities by asking them: "Are you with Russia
or is it your desire to exist apart from her? If you desire to exist
apart from her--why, then, do you appeal to us for help? If with
us--let us then, in this time of terror, disdain to consider our
personal fortunes and let our thoughts be with Russia and with her
alone.


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