First publication - Publishing house "Modern Notes", Paris, 1929. Published according to the publication: YMCA-PRESS, Paris, 1975. "Overcoming self-evidence" was published in the magazine "Modern Notes" (No. 8, 1921, No. 9, 1922). “Boldness and Submission” was published in the journal “Modern Notes” (No. 13, 1922, No. 15, 1923). “Sons and Stepsons of Time” was published in the journal “Modern Notes” (No. 25, 1925). “The Night of Gethsemane” was published in the journal Sovremennye Zapiski (No. 19, 1924). “Furious Speeches” was published in the magazine “Versty” (1926). "What is truth?" was published in the journal "Modern Notes" (No. 30, 1927).