Note 108 — THE EMPEROR ALEXANDER I. AND V. N. KARAZIN[79]
Constance Garnett translation
Nicholas in his simplicity did not share Karazin’s opinion. This is how the Governor of Harkov informed the latter on November 24, 1826, of the Most High’s permission to leave his estate: ‘His Excellency, the commanding officer of the Chief Staff, has informed me that His Majesty the Emperor graciously grants you full right to live where you choose, with sanction to stay even in Moscow, saving, however, Saint Petersburg, until further commands, and with the condition that you refrain from every sort of opinion not concerning you!’—What a jargon and what a brain!—(Author’s Note.)