Herzen

/ ˈɡjɛrtsən /

noun

HerzenAleksandr (Ivanovich)18121870MRussianPHILOSOPHY: philosopher Aleksandr ( Ivanovich ) (alɛkˈsandr iˈvaːnovitʃ). 1812–70, Russian socialist political philosopher: best known for his autobiography My Past and Thoughts (1861–67)

Now the facts are that no one was of greater use to Herzen the arch-revolutionist and his thundering Kolokol, than Turgenev.

Herzen, the phamphleteer of Kolokol inspired him with the only fertile phrase that he ever uttered: Land and Liberty!

In a letter to his mother he writes: "Freilich ist's mir auch angeboren, dass ich alles schwerer zu Herzen nehme."

Herzen was a charming writer and a keen thinker, and it is impossible to exaggerate the extent of his influence.

The author wishes to solve the problem put by Herzen in the title to his novel, "Who is to blame?"

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