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716anger for me. Francis Krahnas is abandoning his plans to become a priest; and thatis the compass for all of his recent moves. He wants to return to business. But itmay yet turn out otherwise. And so, once again... 1037 La Trappe, April 25, 183916).[Notes for correspondence]To Joseph and Bohdan Zaleski: Writing, bemoan the fact that they couldentertain the supposition that we would deny our faith, selling ourselves to somepolitical party - and the kind of party! Among us there must be trust - there mustbe unity, one politics which cannot be either the politics of the aristocrats or thepolitics of the democrats. To establish this ―politics‖ we must lose confidence in,and abandon all relations with irreligious persons, and come to terms with thosewith whom we have struck up an eternal convenant, with those who agree with uson eternal matters 1038 ...Paris, April, 183917).[To Krahnas]He has no patience. Bad. Avaricious activity, before which everything elsemust give way...I did not expect such a letter, after the way we parted... Do not hide yoursorrow; for you were counting on him especially, and regarded him as closest toyou... etc. No institution offers a remedy for the cause of such behavior,temporary demoralization and weakening... Only if someone completely erasedmy work and py plans, and undertook something on his own...1037 This outline of the letter is found in CRR: Mss 8630, p. 970.1038 The fragment is preserved in CRR: Mss 8607, p. 746.