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Show Zola's Opinions. Zola has fixed opinions on Socialism, and says at heart he believes himself to be a Socialist. Ho alarmed us one day by saying, "Before another century shall have hardly begun nay, before this century cen-tury ends I believe society will be overturned. over-turned. This social revolution will begin in Germany, I am sure, for German Socialists So-cialists are the most dotermined. My books are all written in pity, for I have carefully studied tho miseries of miners, tho miseries of all workmen. The revolution revo-lution of 178!) did nothing for the working work-ing classes, I mean the ouvriers. The peasants obtained land; the ouvriers lost privileges they had formerly enjoyed. Let us hope that this social transformation transforma-tion will come without bloodshed, for otherwise what may occur I know not." Paris Letter. |