Note 11 — Appendix (To Chapter 29)
Constance Garnett translation
The Philarets or ‘lovers of virtue’ were a students’ society of the Vilna University in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. Their object was to promote learning, to help the poor, and to preach ideals of goodness and justice. Tovjanski and Mickiewicz were members of it.—(Translator’s Note.)