Word: convictorium
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Dates: during 1886-1886
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...about this time, and it was his fortune to meet in daily intercourse the most extreme socialistic and nihilistic section. B - , as his name may be called, had determined to earn his own living for the first year, and, as a result, he soon found himself in the Convictorium, - an institution in which three hundred impecunious students received free, but very scanty board. At B's table were only those who had obtained scholarships in Political Economy, and as the socialists took the greatest interest in that subject, his party embraced the leading socialists of the hall. The party consisted...
These two examples will suffice to give an idea of the previous life of many of the students. The Germans and Russians were the ablest men of the party in the Convictorium, and evinced an extended knowledge of the writers on political science. One characteristic of these student socialists which may surprise the reader, is their hatred of violence as a means in attaining their ends. They deplored unanimously the assassination of the Czar as an event which would weaken the cause. Their purpose was a thorough economical education of the laboring classes in order that they might...
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