Russian Thinkers

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volume with an introduction: in particular, for her deep and sympathetic understanding of the issues discussed and of my treatment of them. I am also most grateful to her for the great trouble to which,

in the midst of her own work, she has gone in checking and, on

occasion, emending, vague references and excessively free translations.

Her steady advocacy has almost persuaded me that the preparation of

this volume may have been worthy of so much intelligent and devoted

labour. I can only hope that the result will prove to have justified the

expenditure of her own and Dr Hardy's time and energy.

A number of these essays began life as lectures for general audiences,

not read from a prepared text. The published versions were based on

transcripts of the spoken words, as well as the notes for them, and, as I

am well aware, they bear the marks of their origin in both their style

and their structure.

The original texts remain substantially unaltered: no attempt has

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