And all the theories of the significance of the Slav element in the history of the world seemed to him so trivial compared with what was passing in his own soul, that he instantly forgot it all and dropped back into the same frame of mind that he had been in that morning.

He did not, as he had done at other times, recall the whole train of thought--that he did not need.

He fell back at once into the feeling which had guided him, which was connected with those thoughts, and he found that feeling in his soul even stronger and more definite than before.

He did not, as he had had to do with previous attempts to find comforting arguments, need to revive a whole chain of thought to find the feeling.

Now, on the contrary, the feeling of joy and peace was keener than ever, and thought could not keep pace with feeling.