In their enthusiasm and audacity, they reminded me of the young generals of the French Revolution. But the battlefields these young Russians were fighting on were in the realm of ideas, and their struggle was for freedom, not territory.
Con su entusiasmo y audacia, me recordaron a los generales jóvenes de la Revolución Francesa, pero las batallas en que estaban luchando aquellos jóvenes rusos pertenecían a la esfera de las ideas y su lucha era por la libertad, no por el territorio.