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It began with the socialist doctrine.
“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in Me though he were dead, yet shall he live. “And whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die. Believest thou this? “She saith unto Him,” (And drawing a painful breath, Sonia read distinctly and forcibly as though she were making a public confession of faith.) “Yea, Lord: I believe that Thou art the Christ, the Son of God Which should come into the world.”
It’s a duty of every man to work for enlightenment and propaganda and the more harshly, perhaps, the better.
“Don’t interrupt me, Sonia. I want to prove one thing only, that the devil led me on then and he has shown me since that I had not the right to take that path, because I am just such a louse as all the rest. He was mocking me and here I’ve come to you now! Welcome your guest! If I were not a louse, should I have come to you? Listen: when I went then to the old woman’s I only went to try. . . . You may be sure of that!”
You ought to thank God, perhaps. How do you know? Perhaps God is saving you for something. But keep a good heart and have less fear! Are you afraid of the great expiation before you? No, it would be shameful to be afraid of it. Since you have taken such a step, you must harden your heart. There is justice in it. You must fulfill the demands of justice.