I started to wonder at these extraordinary coincidences. So, I said, there was there this Russian guy choosing for his book the same title as me, having the same birthday as me, and being born exactly one century before me. What did it mean?

I investigated further about Merezhkovski's life and was amazed to discover numerous other similarities between him and me – important, intimate, and uncorrelated ones.

Whatever they meant, I decided that these striking coincidences justified a dedicated page on my website.