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To set the children, whom I madly loved, against me, to make me out
a thief in their eyes, was the most criminal thing that you could do to
a real teacher. I was in despair, ready to commit suicide.
And I had no one to tell about it, no one to share it with
I
was ostracized. They even made the young teachers avoid me
I was alone,
in the silence of the grave. And only tears, and pacing the streets of
New York, saved me. Finally they began to persecute me, apparently being
already aware of my state of mind. Nowhere could I find a place to sit
quietly in the open air and forget my troubles, and at home I felt suffocated
and choked with tears. And then just before my departure it seemed that
they had begun to pay some attention to me, but I was already warned by
Andreyenko that I would not receive any educational work in the (Soviet)
Union, by Nikonova that it was still unknown where my son was; by Samarin,
-- that I have to buy men's (clothing) and that it is possible that I cannot
rejoin my son.
And as though under hypnotism I drew away
And this is connected
with your failure to support me morally. You shoved me out
I admire you infinitely as a person who is worthy of our fatherland.
And I should have told you everything, but you would not receive me.
I was crushed. You should have drawn closer to me and understood my state
of mind.
I implore you, I implore you once more, don't let me perish here. I
am without will-power.
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