Lenin, the remarkahle leader of the Communist Revolution in Russia,
died on Monday evening near Moscow. His death has been announced many times, but this time the announcement has been made officially, so that we need not doubt it. This man was certainly . one of the strangest figures in history. Born of a noble Russian family—his real name was Ulianoff—he early . became a revolutionary, and spent a large part of his life in exile. During his exile he brooded upon his theories, and apparently he never had the least doubt that when his opportunity came he would dominate Russia and put into practice the schemes which he had all ready-prepared for the great day. His confidence was amazing. Although he had a passion for his theories, he apparently had none for the welfare of his fellow men. As his theories ostensibly aimed at welfare, such a paradox is very difficult to explain. But Lenin was almost quite inhuman. He cared nothing for his own comfort or safety ; day and night he thought of nothing but the abstractions which were to be clothed with reality. * * * *
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