"It's just this, my dear boy.

One must do one of two things: either admit that the existing order of society is just, and then stick up for one's rights in it; or acknowledge that you are enjoying unjust privileges, as I do, and then enjoy them and be satisfied.

" "No, if it were unjust, you could not enjoy these advantages and be satisfied--at least I could not.

The great thing for me is to feel that I'm not to blame.

" "What do you say, why not go after all?" said Stepan Arkadyevitch, evidently weary of the strain of thought.