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Almost two months had passed. The hot summer was half over, but |
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Chapter 2 |
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Sergey Ivanovitch and Katavasov had only just reached the station |
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Chapter 3 |
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Saying good-bye to the princess, Sergey Ivanovitch was joined by |
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Chapter 4 |
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While the train was stopping at the provincial town, Sergey |
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In the slanting evening shadows cast by the baggage piled up on |
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Sergey Ivanovitch had not telegraphed to his brother to send to |
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Chapter 7 |
===Chapter 7=== |
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Agafea Mihalovna went out on tiptoe; the nurse let down the |
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Chapter 8 |
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Ever since, by his beloved brother's deathbed, Levin had first |
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These doubts fretted and harassed him, growing weaker or stronger |
These doubts fretted and harassed him, growing weaker or stronger |
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===Chapter 10=== |
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When Levin thought what he was and what he was living for, he |
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===Chapter 11=== |
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The day on which Sergey Ivanovitch came to Pokrovskoe was one of |
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Levin strode along the highroad, absorbed not so much in his |
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And Levin remembered a scene he had lately witnessed between |
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Levin looked before him and saw a herd of cattle, then he caught |
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===Chapter 15=== |
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"Do you know, Kostya, with whom Sergey Ivanovitch traveled on his |
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Sergey Ivanovitch, being practiced in argument, did not reply, |
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The old prince and Sergey Ivanovitch got into the trap and drove |
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===Chapter 18=== |
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During the whole of that day, in the extremely different |
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Going out of the nursery and being again alone, Levin went back at once to the thought, in which there was something not clear. |
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Instead of going into the drawing room, where he heard voices, he stopped on the terrace, and leaning his elbows on the parapet, he gazed up at the sky. |
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It was quite dark now, and in the south, where he was looking, there were no clouds. The storm had drifted on to the opposite side of the sky, and there were flashes of lightning and distant thunder from that quarter. Levin listened to the monotonous drip from the lime trees in the garden, and looked at the triangle of stars he knew so well, and the Milky Way with its branches that ran through its midst. At each flash of lightning the Milky Way, and even the bright stars, vanished, but as soon as the lightning died away, they reappeared in their places as though some hand had flung them back with careful aim. |
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"Well, what is it perplexes me?" Levin said to himself, feeling beforehand that the solution of his difficulties was ready in his soul, though he did not know it yet. "Yes, the one unmistakable, incontestable manifestation of the Divinity is the law of right and wrong, which has come into the world by revelation, and which I feel in myself, and in the recognition of which--I don't make myself, but whether I will or not--I am made one with other men in one body of believers, which is called the church. Well, but the Jews, the Mohammedans, the Confucians, the Buddhists--what of them?" he put to himself the question he had feared to face. "Can these hundreds of millions of men be deprived of that highest blessing without which life has no meaning?" He pondered a moment, but immediately corrected himself. "But what am I questioning?" he said to himself. "I am questioning the relation to Divinity of all the different religions of all mankind. I am questioning the universal manifestation of God to all the world with all those misty blurs. What am I about? To me individually, to my heart has been revealed a knowledge beyond all doubt, and unattainable by reason, and here I am obstinately trying to express that knowledge in reason and words. |
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Going out of the nursery and being again alone, Levin went back |
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at once to the thought, in which there was something not clear. |
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"Don't I know that the stars don't move?" he asked himself, gazing at the bright planet which had shifted its position up to the topmost twig of the birch-tree. "But looking at the movements of the stars, I can't picture to myself the rotation of the earth, and I'm right in saying that the stars move. |
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Instead of going into the drawing room, where he heard voices, he |
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stopped on the terrace, and leaning his elbows on the parapet, he |
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gazed up at the sky. |
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"And could the astronomers have understood and calculated anything, if they had taken into account all the complicated and varied motions of the earth? All the marvelous conclusions they have reached about the distances, weights, movements, and deflections of the heavenly bodies are only founded on the apparent motions of the heavenly bodies about a stationary earth, on that very motion I see before me now, which has been so for millions of men during long ages, and was and will be always alike, and can always be trusted. And just as the conclusions of the astronomers would have been vain and uncertain if not founded on observations of the seen heavens, in relation to a single meridian and a single horizon, so would my conclusions be vain and uncertain if not founded on that conception of right, which has been and will be always alike for all men, which has been revealed to me as a Christian, and which can always be trusted in my soul. The question of other religions and their relations to Divinity I have no right to decide, and no possibility of deciding." |
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It was quite dark now, and in the south, where he was looking, |
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there were no clouds. The storm had drifted on to the opposite |
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side of the sky, and there were flashes of lightning and distant |
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thunder from that quarter. Levin listened to the monotonous drip |
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from the lime trees in the garden, and looked at the triangle of |
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stars he knew so well, and the Milky Way with its branches that |
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ran through its midst. At each flash of lightning the Milky Way, |
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and even the bright stars, vanished, but as soon as the lightning |
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died away, they reappeared in their places as though some hand |
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had flung them back with careful aim. |
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"Oh, you haven't gone in then?" he heard Kitty's voice all at once, as she came by the same way to the drawing-room. |
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"Well, what is it perplexes me?" Levin said to himself, feeling |
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beforehand that the solution of his difficulties was ready in his |
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soul, though he did not know it yet. "Yes, the one unmistakable, |
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incontestable manifestation of the Divinity is the law of right |
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and wrong, which has come into the world by revelation, and which |
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I feel in myself, and in the recognition of which--I don't make |
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myself, but whether I will or not--I am made one with other men |
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in one body of believers, which is called the church. Well, but |
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the Jews, the Mohammedans, the Confucians, the Buddhists--what of |
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them?" he put to himself the question he had feared to face. |
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"Can these hundreds of millions of men be deprived of that |
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highest blessing without which life has no meaning?" He pondered |
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a moment, but immediately corrected himself. "But what am I |
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questioning?" he said to himself. "I am questioning the relation |
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to Divinity of all the different religions of all mankind. I am |
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questioning the universal manifestation of God to all the world |
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with all those misty blurs. What am I about? To me |
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individually, to my heart has been revealed a knowledge beyond |
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all doubt, and unattainable by reason, and here I am obstinately |
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trying to express that knowledge in reason and words. |
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"What is it? you're not worried about anything?" she said, looking intently at his face in the starlight. |
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"Don't I know that the stars don't move?" he asked himself, |
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gazing at the bright planet which had shifted its position up to |
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the topmost twig of the birch-tree. "But looking at the |
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movements of the stars, I can't picture to myself the rotation of |
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the earth, and I'm right in saying that the stars move. |
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But she could not have seen his face if a flash of lightning had not hidden the stars and revealed it. In that flash she saw his face distinctly, and seeing him calm and happy, she smiled at him. |
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"And could the astronomers have understood and calculated |
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anything, if they had taken into account all the complicated and |
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varied motions of the earth? All the marvelous conclusions they |
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have reached about the distances, weights, movements, and |
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deflections of the heavenly bodies are only founded on the |
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apparent motions of the heavenly bodies about a stationary earth, |
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on that very motion I see before me now, which has been so for |
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millions of men during long ages, and was and will be always |
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alike, and can always be trusted. And just as the conclusions of |
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the astronomers would have been vain and uncertain if not founded |
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on observations of the seen heavens, in relation to a single |
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meridian and a single horizon, so would my conclusions be vain |
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and uncertain if not founded on that conception of right, which |
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has been and will be always alike for all men, which has been |
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revealed to me as a Christian, and which can always be trusted in |
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my soul. The question of other religions and their relations to |
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Divinity I have no right to decide, and no possibility of |
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deciding." |
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"She understands," he thought; "she knows what I'm thinking about. Shall I tell her or not? Yes, I'll tell her." But at the moment he was about to speak, she began speaking. |
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"Oh, you haven't gone in then?" he heard Kitty's voice all at |
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once, as she came by the same way to the drawing-room. |
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"Kostya! do something for me," she said; "go into the corner room and see if they've made it all right for Sergey Ivanovitch. I can't very well. See if they've put the new wash stand in it." |
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"What is it? you're not worried about anything?" she said, |
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looking intently at his face in the starlight. |
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"Very well, I'll go directly," said Levin, standing up and kissing her. |
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But she could not have seen his face if a flash of lightning had |
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not hidden the stars and revealed it. In that flash she saw his |
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face distinctly, and seeing him calm and happy, she smiled at |
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him. |
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"No, I'd better not speak of it," he thought, when she had gone in before him. "It is a secret for me alone, of vital importance for me, and not to be put into words. |
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"She understands," he thought; "she knows what I'm thinking |
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about. Shall I tell her or not? Yes, I'll tell her." But at the |
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moment he was about to speak, she began speaking. |
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"This new feeling has not changed me, has not made me happy and enlightened all of a sudden, as I had dreamed, just like the feeling for my child. There was no surprise in this either. Faith--or not faith--I don't know what it is--but this feeling has come just as imperceptibly through suffering, and has taken firm root in my soul. |
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"Kostya! do something for me," she said; "go into the corner room |
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and see if they've made it all right for Sergey Ivanovitch. I |
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can't very well. See if they've put the new wash stand in it." |
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"I shall go on in the same way, losing my temper with Ivan the coachman, falling into angry discussions, expressing my opinions tactlessly; there will be still the same wall between the holy of holies of my soul and other people, even my wife; I shall still go on scolding her for my own terror, and being remorseful for it; I shall still be as unable to understand with my reason why I pray, and I shall still go on praying; but my life now, my whole life apart from anything that can happen to me, every minute of it is no more meaningless, as it was before, but it has the positive meaning of goodness, which I have the power to put into it." |
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"Very well, I'll go directly," said Levin, standing up and |
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kissing her. |
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"No, I'd better not speak of it," he thought, when she had gone |
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in before him. "It is a secret for me alone, of vital importance |
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for me, and not to be put into words. |
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"This new feeling has not changed me, has not made me happy and |
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enlightened all of a sudden, as I had dreamed, just like the |
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feeling for my child. There was no surprise in this either. |
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Faith--or not faith--I don't know what it is--but this feeling |
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has come just as imperceptibly through suffering, and has taken |
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firm root in my soul. |
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"I shall go on in the same way, losing my temper with Ivan the |
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coachman, falling into angry discussions, expressing my opinions |
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tactlessly; there will be still the same wall between the holy of |
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holies of my soul and other people, even my wife; I shall still |
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go on scolding her for my own terror, and being remorseful for |
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it; I shall still be as unable to understand with my reason why |
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I pray, and I shall still go on praying; but my life now, my |
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whole life apart from anything that can happen to me, every |
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minute of it is no more meaningless, as it was before, but it has |
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the positive meaning of goodness, which I have the power to put |
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into it." |
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