“The Russian intelligentsia is again experiencing a transitional era, again standing at a crossroads. Idols in which they recently so fervently believed are being debunked. The newly developed worldview is declared untenable in many respects. A radical revision of its premises is being carried out. The “Truth of the Nineties” is no longer served with enthusiastic devotion. Materialism is losing its charm in the eyes of intellectuals. Intellectuals are beginning to return to what seemed to be irrevocably rejected by materialist criticism. Old romanticism and romantic idealism are being revived. ..."