The Revolutions in Italy and Russia illustrate the same principle. The
Italian Revolution inspired by Mazzini and worked out by Garibaldi and
Cavour, did not result in the attainment of Swaraj. The freedom of Italy
is yet in the making, and the men and women of Italy are to-day looking
forward to another revolution. If it results in a war of violence it will
again defeat its purpose, but only to allow Freedom and Non-violence to
triumph in the end.
The recent revolution in Russia is a very interesting study. The shape
which it has now assumed is due to the attempt to force Marxian doctrines
and dogmas on the unwilling genius of Russia. Violence will again fail. If
I have read the situation accurately I expect a counter-revolution. The
soul of Russia must struggle to free herself from the socialism of Carl
Marx. It may be an independent movement or it may be that the present
movement contains within itself the power of working out that freedom. In
the meantime the fate of Russia is trembling in the balance.