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Часть текста: 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 prefer to be killed by a madman rather than to deprive him of his liberty. Secondly, that Mr. Ballou does not decide more categorically the question of property , for a true Christian not only cannot claim any rights of property, but the term «property» cannot have any signification for him, all that he uses, a Christian only uses till somebody does not takes it from him, he cannot defend his property, so he cannot have any. Property has been Achilles heel for the Quakers, and also for the Hopedale Community. 2 Thirdly, I think that for a true Christian, the term «government» (very properly defined by Mr. Ballou) cannot have any signification and reality. Government is for a Christian only regulated violence; governments, states, nations, property, churches, — all these for a true Christian are only words without...

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

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Часть текста: 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 ...

3. Толстой Л. Н. - Бонду Кеннет (Kenneth Bond), 2 марта 1897 г.

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Часть текста: is the life that we are living, it seems to us so natural and so easy to abandon the false wordly life and [lead] the true, happy one, that we arе astonished of finding hindrances to this change and ascribe generally those hindrances to our exclusive position. But in this we are mistaken. We think that our Christian life will begin when wе will be free from our wordly ties, but it begins when we are trying to undo those ties, and this undoing them in a Christian fashion without acting contrary to the principle in the name of which wo are chan ging our life, i. e. the love and the absence of violence is the main thing for a Christian. So that I think that a Christian, — and you in your case — must not try to show to others what true life is, but to make in his soul the internal change, which will bring you not in the position, that you imagine yourself you must occupy, but which will be the necessary result of your internal change. When the seventy came back to Christ and said to him, that the devils obeyed them, he answered: don’t be glad of your power over the devils, but try that your names should be written in Heaven. I think that you know all this better than I, and will excuse me for writing what may be superfluous to you. I write...

4. Толстой Л. Н. - Кенворти Джону (John Kenworthy), 17 (18) октября 1896 г.

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Часть текста: about Anarchists. I thought always, that they must be onesided Christian, as are socialists and communists. Sutaieff, 2 of whom I think you have heard, a peasant with radical Christian views, when he was asked, how they will manage so sustain the Christian life and what they will oppose to agressive violence, answered with greatest conviction, that we, christians, have something, which is stronger, than the armies of the whole world, and to which nothing can resist, — it is christian love. You can find his «moyen» not sufficient, but he has a system and is consequent in proposing his «moyen», because he believes in it. But I never heard from any socialist, communist or anarchist an explanation, how the communistic or socialistic system will work, why will the egoistic men cease to be egoistic, and what will prompt them to sustain a system, which, will not be advantageous for them personally, and never could comprehend, what advantage will have anarchy over the existing state of things, or how could anarchy be founded and last, if the hearts of men are not changed, if men have not accepted the Christian point of view. The «Gospel in brief» 3 I have looked through, and it seems to me to be a very good...

5. Толстой Л. Н. - Кросби Эрнесту (Ernest Crosby), 11 апреля 1898 г.

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Часть текста: Эрнесту (Ernest Crosby), 11 апреля 1898 г. 115. Эрнесту Кросби (Ernest Crosby). 1898 г. Апреля 11? Москва. 23 April 1898. My dear Crosby, I think that Mr. Jones has noted quite rightly in refusing to help in the coercion that was wanted for the general good. (Coercion and all kind of violence is always wanted for the general good). To say that he acted rightly is not the adequate expression. I think he acted as he did because he could not act otherwise. To use coercion for a true christian is like a physical impossibility. And this impossibility is determining the position that such a man can occupy in society. Therefore I think that for a christian it is not necessary to renounce the position that he occupies for the reason of non-conformity of his position with his faith; he must only put in his position — it may be of an emperor, of a hangman, a president, a spy, a priest, a soldier, a judge — act in the position in which the christian enlightenment found him, as his conscience bids him, and the result will be just what it ought to be: he will be chassed from the position that he ocupied and that may be the best thing for him. That is what I think about the difficulty Mr. Jones is in. It is great joy for me to know that there are men like Mr. Jones professing the christian doctrine not only in words but in deeds. Give him please my respect and love. What a pitiful state of jingoistic hypnotization is your people in now. It is dreadful but gives me nothing unexpected and new. This terrible evil and superstition which is called a virtue and which is unhappily so strong in America — patriotism could not produce anything else. They do not gather grapes from thornes... And so patriotism produces...

6. Толстой Л. Н. - Кросби Э. (Е. Crosby), 1896 - 1900 гг.

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Часть текста: talent and sincerity. I will very much like to see M-r Herron 3 but I am affraid that his ideas shall not be partaken by me. I think that Christian principles can have real influence only when they are thorough. Christianity can not bear halfmeasures. There is only the key for the lock that opens it. A key which is nearly the real one is of no use. If we can not be thorough in our lifes, deads [?]let us try to be as thorough as possible in our idead, because to be thorough in ones ideas there is no hindrance. I like very much the Christian[?] gospel 4 and it is a great joy for me to know that I have so many true friends and brothers among your countrymen. Yours truly Leo Tolstoy. Мой дорогой м-р Кросби, Я получил ваше письмо и пишу, как вы мне посоветовали сделать, письмо м-ру Рейнольдсу. 1 Я это сделал, потому что вы посоветовали, но тем не менее боюсь, что это вовлечет меня в неприятное дело, с которым я не имею ничего общего. Я получил также вашу книгу, 2 за которую вас благодарю. Она мне очень, очень нравится. Некоторые отрывки — выбирать трудно, потому что все очень хороши, — мне хочется перевести на русский язык и опубликовать. Нет ничего новее и интереснее самых обыкновенных тем, рассматриваемых с христианской точки зрения. И это вы делаете в вашей книге, и делаете талантливо и искренно. Мне очень хочется повидаться с м-ром Херроном, 3 но боюсь, что его взгляды не совпадут с моими. Я думаю, что христианские принципы...

7. Letter to a Hindoo (Письмо к индусу)

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Часть текста: love, and he that abideth in love abideth in God, and God abideth in him. 1 Ep. John. Chap. 4. God is one Whole; we are the parts. Exposition of the teaching of the Veddas by Vivekananda. I Do not seek rest in that plane where the earthly gives birth to thoughts and desires, for if thou dost, thou wilt be dragged through the rough wilderness 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 ...

8. Толстой Л. Н. - Мак-Уистер Марте (М. Mac-Whister), 10 сентября 1891 г.

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Часть текста: your hands and your freedom of all a[c]knowledged confessions seems to me to be true conditions of a christian life. But I will be quite sincere — I hope you will be the same to me — and tell you what seems to me not right in your way of living. I think that to abandon husbands wifes and children is a mistake. A Christian I think must learn to live with all men as with brothers and sisters; and husbands, wifes and children should not make an exception. The more it is difficult for a Christian to establish brotherly relations between himself and his nearest relations, the more he must try to do it. The other thing that I do not approuve is that you do not allow your children to mix with the external world. I think a Christian must not enclose himself and his children in a narrow circle of his com[m]unity, but must try to act towards the whole world as if the whole world where his community and so he must educate the children. Please explain to me your words «when we received the light». How did you receive it? and what do you understand by the word «light»? Please also give me more details of the history of your community, I will be very thankful for it. My adress is: Tula , Russia. Thanking you again for your letter I remain Yours truly L. Tolstoy. 22 September. Дорогая сестра, Очень был рад получить ваше письмо и узнать, что есть люди, живущие так, как вы, и что вы знаете меня и хотите вступить со мною в общение. Пожалуйста, сообщите мне побольше подробностей о вашей жизни: есть ли у вас собственность? как вы ею распоряжаетесь? непротивленцы ли вы? То, о чем вы пишете: что вы берете на себя низшие обязанности, трудясь, как прислуга, работаете собственными руками и что вы освободились от принадлежности к какому-либо признанному...

9. Заметки об английских учебных книгах

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Часть текста: — Метода ученья азбуки и складамъ съ протестантскимъ направленiемъ и съ началами граматики и сведенiями. Притомъ картинки. Moral lessons. [91] Тупоумная религiозность. Principles of elocution ,[92] образецъ безсмыслiя: какъ произносить, охать, вздыхать и молчать. Christian kno [ w ] ledge. [93] * R eading books for adults. [94] Превосходная книга. Никто на меня не работаетъ. Остальныя книги Christian kno[w]ledge плохiя краткiя исторiи безъ интереса и связи. Collection of instruction extracts. [95] Собранiе изъ конверсацiонслексикон[овъ] есть хорошiя, но нетъ связи, не наука, ни забава. Leiton instructive and juvenile reader. [96] Плоше первыхъ Abbots въ томъ же роде. — Amques’s reading lessons. [97] Энсиклопедiя, короткая и непопулярная. Select extracts from Blackstons. [98] Хорошая книга для образов детей о законодательстве отечества. Басни Эзопа. Nelsons Series. [99] Тоже что Abbot’s с особенностями прiемовъ для языка. Cullock’s reading books. [100] Дрянь дамская. Reading lesson books.[101] Все все тоже. Соединяющiя все сведенiя, коротко, неясно и безъ системы. * Circle of kno [ w ] ledge [102] — порядочно. * Hints of arithmetic lady [103] Verney[104] — умно. * Grant Arithmetic.[105] * Cassell’s Arithm[etic] for the Youn[g]s. [106] Abams. [107] Chambers Arithmetic [108] — дрянь. Lang’s. Heigher Arithm[etic][109] — хорошая. * System of mental arithmetics. [110] * Instruction of training arithmetic. [111] * The child's Arithmetics [112] — прекрасная книжонка. Morgan's Element of arithmetic. [113] Педантическая книга. ? Book-keeping. [114] He смотре[лъ,] потому что мне не кажется наукой. Nesbit's mensuration. [115]...

10. Толстой Л. Н. - Черткову В. Г., 5 деабря 1883 г.

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Часть текста: Да и доказательства, какъ н[а]п[р]. правдивости свидетелей, кот[орыхъ] не было, уже слишкомъ плохи; но главное зачемъ доказывать. Я верю, что когда я надену подштанники на выворотъ, то будетъ непрiятность; и не могу отделаться отъ этой веры. 4 Одно, до чего я достигъ, — это того, чтобы эта вера не переходила въ дело — не заставляла бы меня сердиться на кого-нибудь и вообще делать что-нибудь нехорошее. Но доказывать истинность этой веры я никому не стану и надеюсь, что ни одинъ разумный человекъ не станетъ трудиться доказывать мне несправедливость этой веры. Это мое личное дело, которое никому не мешаетъ, если я живу по христiански. Но я васъ такъ люблю, что не могу не сказать всю правду. Чтенiе вашихъ книгъ мне было особенно интересно, потому что я, читая ихъ; следилъ за вашей умственной и сердечной работой (отметки карандашомъ мне помогали въ этомъ), и я радъ былъ видеть, что ваше душевное состоянiе подтверждено и уяснено умственной работой. Но ваша рекомендацiя прочесть о воскресенiи 5 огорчила меня. Неужели васъ интересуетъ этотъ вопросъ? Я говорю «неужели» потому, что мне кажется, что по мере того, какъ мы понимаемъ жизненное, т. е. истинное значенiе ученiя Христа, вопросы метафизическiе (о воскресенiи въ томъ числе) все дальше и дальше отходятъ отъ насъ. И когда вполне оно ясно, то совсемъ устраняется возможность всякаго интереса и потому несогласiя въ метафизическихъ вопросахъ. Столько прямого, неотложнаго, ежеминутнаго и такой огромной важности дела для ученика Христа, что некогда этимъ...

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