bajcunlv  the  apostle  of  nihilism.  209
International  has  had  least  influence.  It  was  founded  in
l^ondon  ;  it  included  in  its  general  council  some  of  the  leaders
of  the  working  men's  movement  in  England  ;  among  others,
Odger,  Applegarth,  Lucraft,  and  Hales;  many  trades  unions
expressed  their  sympathy  for  the  Association,  and  several  even
joined  It.  But  they  did  not  furnish  it  with  much  money,  and
they  have  not  borrowed  from  it  the  revolutionary  spirit  This
IS  well  shown  in  a  letter  of  one  of  the  members  of  the  International,
  Eugene  Dupont,  dated  the  ist  of  January,  1870.
The  initiative  of  the  revolution,”  he  writes,  “must  come
from  France,  but  it  is  in  England  that  it  will  be  accomplished
P  ons  Industry  is  carried  on  by  the  concentration  of  large
capitalism  has  developed  most
a  ge  y,  and  has  thus  prepared  the  causes  of  its  own  destruction;
TK  foreigners  who  will  have  to  set  the  ball  rolling
he  English  have  all  the  material  necessary  for  the  social
revolution,  but  they  lack  the  spirit  of  generalization  and  révolutrast
  between  trench  and  English,  as  it  was  manifested  in
and  to  found  a  society  in  which  justice  shall  reign.”  “  As  for
'<>  an  understanding  with  those