“From childhood [Bakunin] demonstrated the beginnings of a strong character, a firm will and, at the same time, an inclination towards unhealthy, aimless reveries. It is already said that in the paternal home he composed some shows of great deeds, giving himself the role of first hero, of leader. They say that from his earliest youth he often ran away from the paternal house and that he gave his flight a romantic coloring, by adorning them with various details. That passion for secret voyages secrets in the government of Tver at first worried his father; later he become indifferent toward these eccentricities of his son and when we was told of a new flight by his son, he serenely gave the order to send him a [fur] coat and good shoes, accepting the flight even as an inevitable, although singular act.”
Posted on: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 08:16:15 +0000
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