“Vladimir Sergeevich! The future fate of Russia and the essence of the revolutionary movement in the 19th century; Orthodoxy and the Pan-Slavic Question; “peace of the whole world” before the end of it, etc... These are the important subjects and great questions, Vladimir Sergeevich, about which I intend to write to you regarding not only the small and unimportant, but even completely inappropriate clash between ours and Mr. Astafiev this summer... I put you as a judge over myself and over another writer, without even checking whether he, for his part, recognizes you as a suitable judge or not...”