Belinsky and Gogol once clashed over progress, which should bring us all the best, as Belinsky argued. Gogol only laughed in response to this stupidity, observing nevertheless that the government is "a huge gang of thieves, which every Russian knows about," but at the same time "every Russian thinks how to get himself a warm apartment". Geniuses, as you can see, do not let down especially us, unlike other blockheads, for theses blockheads do not like them.