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Часть текста: Sir, I thank you for sending me your article. 1 It is a great joy for me to know, that you believe in the practicability of Christ[‘s] teaching and that you intend to preach to your countrymen Christianity as it is presented in the Sermon on the Mount. That is a great purpose and I do not know a greater, to which a man could devote his life. But to be sincere with you I must say, that in your article, as well as in your letter, 2 I can see that you have not quite made up your mind which master you will serve: God or Mammon; will you try to obtain the personal, familial or national welfare, or try only to fulfil the will of God, making no difference between men and nations. You say, that you will try to do what you can to break down the walls of partition through sectarianism and different religious systems, and through ultra strong patriotism . You say the same usual patriotism in your article — as if there can be two kinds of patriotism — the one good, the other, the ultra strong, bad patriotism. To say that patriotism can be good, is a great delusion, and if you suppose, that any kind of patriotism can be good, you open the door to the greatest evils. Patriotism and Christianity are two opposite terms and can not be united. I have written an article in form of a letter to an...

2. Letter to a Hindoo (Письмо к индусу)

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Часть текста: of life, which is not of Me. Whenever thou feelest that thy feet are becoming entangled in the interlaced roots of life, know then that thou hast strayed from the path to which I beckon thee, for I have placed thee in broad smooth paths which are strewn with flowers. I have put a light before thee, which thou can’st follow and thus run without stumbling. Krishna P. 212. I received your letter and the two issues of the magazine. Both were intensely interesting to me; indeed, the oppression of a majority by the minority of a people and the corruption which flows from it, is a phenomenon which has always occupied my mind and at present is entirely occupying my attention. I will endeavour to convey to you what I think, both in a particular and a general way, about those causes from which those dreadful calamities have arisen and do arise, of which you write in your letter and which are also mentioned in the two numbers of the Hindoo magazine you sent me. The causes, owing to which this astonishing spectacle arises, of the majority of the labouring classes submitting to a mere handful of idlers whom it permits to dispose not only of its labour but also of its very life, are always and everywhere the same; whether the oppressors and the oppressed belong to the same, or, as is the case in India and in other countries, where the dominant class belongs to an entirely different nation from those oppressed. It...

3. Толстой Л. Н. - Редферну Перси (Percy Redfern), 23 февраля 1903 г.

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Часть текста: to humanity are those that we do not know of. The chief difference between words and deeds is, that words are always intended for men for their aprobation, but deeds can be done only for God. Though it is possible to utter words only with the intention to fulfill the will of God it is very difficult not to think about the impression w[h]ich they will produce on men and not to form them accordingly. But deeds you can do quite unknown to men only for God. And such deeds are the greatest joy that a man can experience. As to his plan to live amongst prostitutes and tramps... I can not say that I approuve of it. Rather not. I think that to change own’s habitual life for such a one a man must [be] quite sure to be proof against the new temptations that will assail him in this new life. This refers also to your doubts about your life. I think that the changes in our life must come from the impossibility to live otherwise than accordingly to the demands of our conscience but not from our mental resolution to try a new form of life. I was glad to hear all what you write about your society 1 and yourself and thank you for your letter. Your friend Leo Tolstoy. Дорогой Перси Редферн, Я думаю, что ваш друг, который против книг и чтения, вполне прав. Лао-Тзе говорит: истинные слова не бывают приятны, приятные слова не бывают истинны. Мудрые не бывают учены, ученые не бывают мудры! Брамины говорят, что в их книгах много предсказаний о временах, когда пойдут дожди. Но жмите эти книги так...

4. Толстой Л. Н. - Вильсону Л. Ж. (L. G. Wilson), 22 июня 1889 г.

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Часть текста: Л. Н. - Вильсону Л. Ж. (L. G. Wilson), 22 июня 1889 г. 391. Л. Ж. Вильсону (L. G. Wilson). 1889 г. Июня 22. Я. П. Iasnaya Polyana Tula, Russia Iuly 5, 1889 Dear Sir. I have seldom experienced so much gratification as I had in reading Mr. Ballou’s 1 treatise and tracts. I cannot agree with your opinion that Mr. Ballou «will not go down to posterity among the immortals...» I think that because he has been one of the first true apostles of the «New Time» — he will be in the future acknowledged as one of the chief benefactors of humanity. If, in his long and seemingly unsuccessful career, Mr. Ballou has experienced moments of depression in thinking that his efforts have been vain; he has only partaken of the fate of his and our Master. Tell him please, that his efforts have not been vain, they give great strength to people, as I can judge from myself. In those tracts I found all the objections that are generally made against «non-resistance» victoriously answered and also the true basis of the doctrine. I will endeavor to translate and propagate as much as I can, the works of Mr. Ballou, and I not only hope, but am convinced, that the time is come, «when the dead hear the voice of the Son of god; and they that hear shall live». The only comments that I wish to make on Mr. Ballou’s explanation of the doctrine, are, firstly, that I cannot agree with the concession that he makes for employing violence against drunkards and insane people, the Master made no concessions, and we can make none. We must try, as Mr. Ballou putsit, to mave impossible the existence of such persons, but if they are — we must use all possible means, sacrifice ourselves, but not employ violence. A true Christian will always...

5. Записная книжка № 2, 1889 г.

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Часть текста: искусству. [ 14 мая . Протасово. ] Об [ винительный ] акт прот [ ив ] И [ льи ] и С [ они ] . Роскошь жизни; лошади, экипажи, кучер, собаки <охота>. (Ничего этого не нужно. Няня прежде нужн[а], чем это.) Прислуга. Девочка, дурная и дурно вознагражденная прислуга, но прислуга. Она работает, не учится, спит на сундуке, не ест с вами — это дурно. Хозяйства полевого нет. Это не пойдет при невнимании. Будут упреки. — Неряшество, нечистота. Резюме: Надо или отказаться от управления, найдя прикащика, уничтожить лошадей, собак, вещи и самому[160] работать в Гриневке или Александровке (Шенбель, Алмазов), или быть умным взыскательным хозяином, нанять прислугу и жить, как следует господам. Без иронии говорю, лучше, чем теперь. Теперь я вижу, что ты несчастлив, а С[оня] счастлива только ребенком и отдаляется от тебя больше и больше. — Несчастлив ты от неправильной жизни, от мелочей, к[оторые] надо уничтожить: куренье, вино, копанье с мастерством (пока), позднее вставанье. Еще — постели врозь. [ 20 М . 89. Я . П. ] Пр[оизведение] иск[усства] есть то, что откр[ывает] новое, ясно[161] и искренно.[162] Но, чтобы произв[едение] иск[усства] было...

6. Толстой Л. Н. - Несбитт Доротее(D. Nesbett), 14 января 1910 г.

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Часть текста: ideal of perfection in the sexual question is in my opinion complete chastity. But if a man or woman can not attain it the next approach to it is marriage in which again man and woman ought to try to be as chaste as possible and moreover accept as a sacred duty the bringing up and education of children which may be the result of marriage. As to the providing for old age I think that the ideal of perfection of life is to live it only in the present moment, whilst all our cares for the future make us deviate from the true path. Wishing you success in the life you have chosen I am dear Miss Янв. 14 / 27 1910. Ясная Поляна. Милая барышня, На оба вопроса, которые вы ставите в вашем письме, я могу дать один общий ответ. Мы не можем жить разумною жизнью, не ставя перед собою идеала совершенства. Но мы должны знать, что идеал совершенства не может быть никогда достигнут, так что наша цель не в том, чтобы жить в уровень с идеалом, а только в том, чтобы приближаться к нему, насколько мы можем. Идеал совершенства в половом вопросе есть, по моему мнению, полное целомудрие. Но если мужчина или женщина не могут его достигнуть, то ближайший подход к нему есть брак, в котором опять-таки мужчина и женщина должны стараться быть насколько возможно целомудреннее и, сверх того, принимать, как священный долг, выращивание и воспитание тех детей, которые могут быть в результате брака. Что же касается обеспечения старости, то я думаю, что идеал совершенства состоит в том, чтобы жить только настоящей минутой, между тем как всякие наши заботы о будущем заставляют нас уклоняться от истинного пути. Желая вам успеха в избранной вами жизни, я остаюсь, милостивая государыня Отвечать: Запасать для старо[сти] не надо. О полов[ом] вопросе, что чем...

7. Толстой Л. Н. - Американскому телеграфному агентству "American Cable News", 28 апреля ? 1900 г.

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Часть текста: as bad as war itself. Therefore I am very sorry not to be able to comply with your wishes. Считаю, что добрые услуги Америки могут <быть получены лишь в виде угроз> состоять <в войне. Потому не могу исполнить вашего желания> в дипломатическом вмешательстве, поддержанном угрозами войны. А я считаю вооружение и угрозы войны <которые я считаю> столь же дурными, как и самую войну. Потому <не могу исполнить> очень сожалею, что не могу исполнить вашего желания. Примечания Печатается по тексту, опубликованному в газете «Курьер» 1900, № 131 от 12 мая. Телеграмма. Черновик печатается по автографу, написанному на обороте телеграммы американскаго телеграфнаго агентства «American Cable News», хранящейся в АТБ. Датируется по времени получения этой телеграммы: 27 апреля 1900 г. Черновик публикуется впервые. Ответ на телеграфный запрос американскаго телеграфнаго агентства от 27? апреля 1900 г. (оплачен ответ в 30 слов): » «Boer delegates reach New York Saturday, fully believe that sympathetic message from...

8. Толстой Л. Н. - Кенворти Джону (John С. Kenworthy), 8 июля 1894 г.

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Часть текста: 1894 г. Июля 8. Я. П. Dear friend, I have received both your letters & the papers, which you sent, and thank you for the one & the other. In regard to your letter, the one before last, in which you write that soon you will have formed a community, I wished to answer you the following: Of course one can not but desire the largest spreading of that which one regards as the truth, and not only as an abstract truth, but as a practical one, such a truth, the acceptation of which would deliver men from their miseries and give them the greatest welfare; but, strange though it seems to say so nothing has so much hindered the spreading of the truth, as the too hasty desire to make others accept it. I have always been deeply affected by the seldom noticed words of Christ to his 70 disciples, when they returned from preaching and boasted of their success, saying that everywhere the devils were subject unto them: «In this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather, because your names are written in heaven». In other words: seek not exterior success visible to all men, do not count your proselytes, as do the churchmen & the salvation army, 1 but seek to be in the truth,...

9. Толстой Л. Н. - Кросби Эрнесту (Ernest Crosby), конец августа (17 ноября ?) 1898 г.

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Часть текста: like to communicate to you. 2 I say, that in our time there were two wars going on: one the Spanish American war, which is finished, and the other war against war which is still going on and which will finish only with all the wars in the world. This is the war, that the Douchobortsy and all the true Christians are making against the Russian and all the military government. I hear that you have great heroes who have killed a great many nearly unarmed men (the spanishs were unarmed in comparison with Americans). I got letters from Americans, who engage me to write about this noble work of their sailors and soldiers as they call it. 3 But I find that the work done by the American army and fleet was quite the opposite of noble and all these heroes are disgusting. I can imagine an old weak man full of superstitions, who thinks, that he can solve a dispute by boxing, but when I see a young a strong man who by his culture and the ideas of his time ought be know better accept the challenge of the old man and beat this silly old man and be proud of it, I am quite disgusted. And this is the aspect of the American war. I dont speak of the motives of the war, or better say...

10. Толстой Л. Н. - Гибсону Дж. (G. Gibson), 11 марта 1898 г.

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Часть текста: 11 марта 1898 г. 67. Дж. Гибсону (G. Gibson). 1898 г. Марта 11. Москва. My dear friend, I duly received your letter and magazine, both of which afforded me great pleasure. The first number is very good and I liked all the articles in it. It is quite true, as you say it in your article «The Social Need » 1 , and Herron 2 in his, that a Christian life is quite impossible in the present unchristian organization of society. The contradictions between his surroundings and his convictions are very painful for a man who is sincere in his сhristian faith, and therefore the organization of communities seems to such a man the only means of delivering himself from these contradictions. But this is an illusion. Every community is a small island in the mist of an ocean of unchristian conditions of life, so that the christian relations exist only between members of the colony but outside that must remain unchristian, otherwise the colony would not exist for a moment. And therefore to live in community cannot save a christian from the contradiction between his conscience and his life. I do not mean to say that I do not approve of communities such as your commonwealth, or that I do not think them to be a good thing. On the contrary, I approve of them with all my heart and am very interested in your commonwealth and wish it the greatest success. I think that every man who can free himself from the conditions of wordly life without breaking the ties of love — love the main principle in the name of which he seeks new forms of life — I think such a man not only must, but naturally join people who have the same beliefs and who try to live up to them. If I were free I would immediately even at my age join such a colony. I only wished to say that the mere forming of communities is not a solution for the christian problem, but is only one of the means of its...

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