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27 Elisée Reclus, “irresistible magnetism”: Vandervelde (see Chap. 8), 37.
28 Jean Grave, “simple, silent, indefatigable”: Malato, 316.
29 Malatesta’s adventures: Nomad, Rebels, 1–47.
30 “Just as we saw him last”: Ishill, Kropotkin, 40.
31 “All are awaiting the birth”: ibid., 9.
32 “A shining moral grandeur”: Victor Serge in Crapouillot, 5.
33 “Breathe hatred and revolt”: Malato, 317.
34 Kropotkin and Malatesta repudiate Ravachol: in La Révolt, Nos. 17 and 18, Jan., 1892, and I’En Dehors, Aug. 28, 1892, q. Maitron, 204, 221.
35 “Miniature Borgias”: Nomad, Rebels, 26.
36 The shooting of Frick: in addition to Berkman, Harvey’s Frick and Harper’s Weekly, Aug. 6, 1892.
37 Altgeld and the pardon: Barnard, 217, 246; NYT, June 28, 1893.
38 “Madrid is sad …”: Pilar, 50.
39 Pallas’ attempt on Martinez de Camos: Creux, 295–96; Crapouillot; NYT, Sept. 25, 30, 1893.
40 Barcelona Opera House bombing: NYT, Nov. 9, Dec. 20, 1893, Jan. 3, 1894.
41 Montjuich tortures: Brenan, 168, n. 1.
42 Asquith-Balfour exchange on the Anarchists: Spectator, Nov. 18, 1893, 706, Dec. 2, 791; NYT, Nov. 11, 1893.
43 Paris “absolutely paralyzed”: Ford (see Chap. 1), 107.
44 Laurent Tailhade, “a blessed time”: Nomad, Apostles, 11.
45 Octave Mirbeau: Daudet (see Chap. 4), 70.
46 “That there need be no misery”: Suttner (see Chap. 5), I, 313.
47 President caricatured in soiled pajamas: in Père Peinard, July 4, 1897.
48 Sebastien Faure’s “harmonious voice”: Malato, 316.
49 “Qu’importe les victimes …”: q. Maitron, 217. (This is frequently quoted as Qu’importes les vagues humanités pourvu que le geste soit beau? but this seems to have a ring of the morning after.)
50 Duchesse d’Uzès: Maitron, 215.
51 Clemenceau on Henry’s execution: in La Justice, May 23, 1894, q. Maitron, 226.
52 Trial of the Thirty, Felix Fenéon: Roman (see Chap. 4), 59, 95.
53 “Every revolution ends …”: q. Nomad, Apostles, 6.
54 Corpus Christi bomb: NYT, June 9, Nov. 25, Dec. 2, 22, 1896.
55 Canovas: Pilar, 40; Millis (see Chap. 3), 80–81; Nation, Aug. 12, 1897; Review of Reviews, Nov., 1897.
56 Letter from prisoner of Montjuich: q. Crapouillot.
57 Angiolillo: Creux, 301–15; Nomad, Rebels, 23.
58 Empress Elizabeth and Luigi Lucheni: Corti, 456–93.
59 Plot to assassinate the Kaiser: Spectator, Oct. 22, 1898; NYT, Oct. 15/16, 1898.
60 Bakunin, Germans not fit for Anarchism: Nomad, Apostles, 169, n. 5.
61 International Conference of Police in Rome: Maitron; Vizetelly, 238.
62 King Humbert and Gaetano Bresci: Outlook, Aug. 10, 1900; Harper’s Weekly, Aug. 4, 1900; NYT, Aug. 3, 1900; Review of Reviews, Sept., 1900, 316–22.
63 Czolgosz: Channing; Nomad, Apostles, 298–99; NYT, Sept. 9, 1901.
64 Harper’s and Century quoted: Harper’s Weekly, Dec. 23, 1893, Aug. 28, 1897. “The Assassination of Presidents,” by J. M. Buckley, in Century, Nov., 1901.
65 Roosevelt on Anarchists: NYT, Dec. 5, 1901.
66 Blackwood’s: July, 1906, 128, apropos of attempt on King Alfonso.
67 Lyman Abbott: Outlook, Feb. 22, 1902.
68 Assassination of Canalejas: Literary Digest, Nov. 23, 1912; Living Age, Dec. 12, 1912.
69 “Outraged beyond endurance”: in his Preface to Major Barbara, dated June, 1906, apropos of the attempt on King Alfonso.
70 Russian Socialist-Revolutionaries: in addition to Savinkov and Nicolaevsky, general background from Charques, Miliukov and Kerensky.
71 Plehve, “We must drown the revolution”: Miliukov, 1056.
72 Grand Duke Sergei “conspicuous for his cruelty”: Nevinson.
73 “A formless mass 8 or 10 inches high”: Savinkov, 106–7.
74 Czar and brother-in-law on the sofa: Bülow (see Chap. 5), II, 178.
3. End of a Dream
Bibliography
There are two full-length biographies of Reed, one by Samuel McCall, who served with him in Congress and was later Governor of Massachusetts, and one by Professor Robinson, both listed below. Among friends, reporters, Congressional colleagues and other contemporaries who wrote about him are the following:
BROWMAN, W. H., “Thomas Brackett Reed,” New England Magazine, April, 1890.
DAY, HOLMAN F.,