以赛亚·伯林在《苏联的心灵》一书中提到过这样一个故事,说的是诗人曼德尔斯塔姆的壮举。他在书中这样写道:“十月革命对曼德尔斯塔姆来说无疑是致命的。由于他不愿意,事实上也无法改变自己的天性以适应新社会的要求,因而他无法说服自己与新生活的保民官、组织者和建立者合作。 Isaiah Berlin referred to such a story in the book The Soul of the Soviet Union as saying the feat of poet Mandelstam. In his book, he wrote: ”The October Revolution was undoubtedly fatal to Mandels Stamm, unable to convince him that he could not persuade himself because he did not want to and could not in fact change his nature to meet the requirements of a new society. Co-operate with the new life officer, organizer and creator.