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Часть текста: 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, never to deviate from it & success, thoough perhaps invisible to you, will follow, will certainly follow, because when a man is in the truth he will act and his action will inevitably have the most fruitful results, if even they will not be visible to him. The same is expressed in the words «Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness & all these things shall be added unto you»; & in the words: «Be ye wise as serpents, & harmless as doves». Truth in order to influence men should be complete, not clipped, not adapted to the life of men of the world. And this is always being forgotten by mankind. And owing to this the most powerful efforts have been and are yet lost in vain. Precious is not that community which we may organize at Toula or Croydon 3 with the help of those near to us in time and space, although such a community may also have its object & signification, but precious is that community of men of all times and nations, who unite in the one truth, in which I have been brought into communion with...

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Часть текста: Of real order there is none; only, that which infringes, it is hidden from our view in prisons, penal settlements and slums. And I think, that the dicease remains so long uncured, because it is concealed. So likewise with brotherhood or church communities. They also are semblances. There cannot be a community of saints among sinners. I think, that the members of a community in order to keep the semblance of sainthood must necessarily commit many new sins. We are so created, that we cannot become perfect either one by one, or in groups, but (from the very nature of the case) only all together. The warmth of any drop (or particle) is transmitted to all the others. And were it possible to conserve the heat of one particle, so that it should not pass to the others and therefore did not cool — it would only prove, that we took for heat, was not true heat. And I therefore think, that were our friends to direct towards their inner spiritual growth all the portion of attention and energy, which they devote to the sustainement of the outer form of a community amongst themselves — it would be better both for them and for God’s cause. Communities and external organisations seem to me to be lawful and useful only, when they are inevitable consequences of a corresponding inner state. For instance, if two men, from a calculation, that it is more profitable to live in one house and eat one dinner, were to say to each other: «let us live in one house and eat one dinner», there would be very little chance, that they would stay and live together without subjecting themselves to many...

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Часть текста: 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 solution. The revolution that is going on for the attainment of the christian ideal is so enormous, our life is so different from what it ought to be, that for the perfect success of this revolution, for the concordance of conscience and life, is needed the work of all men — men living in communities as well as men of the world living in the most different conditions. This ideal is not so quickly and so simply attained, as we think and wish it. This ideal will be attained only when every man in the whole world will say: Why should I sell my services and buy yours? If mine are greater than yours I owe them to you, because if there is in the whole world ...

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Часть текста: your kind of living: have you property, how do you manage it, are you non-resistants? What you write me about your taking low positions, working as servants, your laboring with 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...

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Часть текста: уважаемъ, боготворимъ людей, п[отому] ч[то] это обо[го]творенiе оправдываетъ наше положенiе: придвор[ные], духовн[ые].[886] ———————————————————————————————————— Все въ самке, самецъ, всегда гото[въ]. Такъ устрое[но].[887] ———————————————————————————————————— Читаю газеты, журналы. Филос[офiю] Ничше, драмы Ибсена, науку Ломброзо. Ведь это полное убожество мысли и чувст[въ].[888] ———————————————————————————————————— <Напол[еона]> Фридрих[а], Наполеона войны еще...

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Часть текста: brother, I am sending by the next post a draft for something between 8 and 9 thousand roubles to Mc Creary who will forward it to you. Please distribute this money among the most needy of the Douchobors. Chilkoff writes that it would be good to give the money as a loan which should be returned to the whole community. 1 I think this a good plan. But I am sure that with the help of Sullerjisky 2 and Archer, 3 and the elders of the Douchoborys 4 you will find the best plan and act in consequence. You must not be angry with me for not answering your letter. 5 I have been ailing all this year and had very much to do. With sincere brotherly love, Yours truly, Leo Tolstoy. 12 November 1899. Дорогой друг и брат, Посылаю со следующей почтой чек на сумму от 8 до 9 тысяч рублей на имя Мак-Крири, который передаст его вам. Пожалуйста, распределите эти деньги между наиболее нуждающимися духоборами. Хилков пишет, что было бы хорошо дать деньги в виде займа, с возвратом всей общине. 1 Я думаю, что это хороший план, но уверен, что с помощью Сулержицкого, 2 Арчера 3 и духоборческих старичков 4 вы сами найдете наилучший способ и поступите согласно ему. Не сердитесь на меня за то, что я не ответил на ваше письмо. 5 Весь этот год я проболел, и у меня очень много дела. С искренней братской любовью уважающий вас Лев Толстой. 12 Ноября 1899. Примечания Печатается по листам копировальной книги, хранящимся в AЧ. Местонахождение автографа неизвестно. Основание датировки см. в письме к Мак-Крири от того же числа. В России публикуется впервые, о публикации за границей сведений не имеется. Об Артуре Син-Джоне см. письмо № 41. Толстой отправил в Канаду на имя правительственного агента по иммиграции г....

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Часть текста: much obliged to you for your encouraging and cordial letter of the 8-th May last. I very much value your general approval of my booklet «Indian Home Rule». And, if you have the time, I shall look forward to your detailed criticism of the work which you have been so good as to promise in your letter. Mr. Kallenbach has written to you about Tolstoy Farm. Mr. Kallenbach and I have been friends for many years. I may state that he has gone through most of the experiences that you have so graphically described in your work «My Confession». No writings have so deeply touched Mr. Kallenbach as yours, and, as a spur to further effort in living up to the ideals held before the world by you, he has taken the liberty, after consultation with me, of naming his farm after you. Of his generous action in giving the use of the farm for passive resisters, the numbers of «Indian Opinion» I am sending herewith will give you full information. I should not have burdened you with these details but for the fact of your tocing a personal interest in the passive resistance struggle that is going on in the Transvaal. I remain your faithful servant M. K....

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Часть текста: 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...

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Часть текста: A society or community kept together by force is not only in a provisory state, but in a very dangerous one. The bonds that keep together such a society are always in danger of being broken and the society itself — liable to experience the greatest evils. In such a position are all the European states. The only solution of the social problem for reasonable beings endowed with the capacity of love is the abolition of violence and the organization of society based on mutual love and reasonable principles, voluntarily accepted by all. Such a state can be attained only by the development of true religion. By the words «true religion» I mean the fundamental principles of all religions which are 1) the consciousness of the divine essence of human soul and 2) respect for its manifestation — human life. Your religion is very old and very profound in its metaphysical definition of the relation of man to the spiritual All — the Atman; but I think it was maimed in its moral, i. e. practical application to life; by the existence of caste. This practical application to life, so far as I know, has been made only by Jainism, 1 Buddhism and some of your sects, such as Kabir Panchis 2 in which the fundamental principle is the sacredness of life and consequently the prohibition to take the life of any living being, especially of man. All the evils that you experience — the famine and chat is still more important, the depravement of your people by factory life — will last as long as your people consent to kill their fellowmen and to be soldiers (Sepoys). Parasites feed only on unclean bodies. Your people must try to be morally clean and in so far as they are clean from murder or readiness to do it they will be free from the regime under which they labour now. I quite agree with you thet you ought to be thankful for all that has been done by the English — for your well being — and should help...

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Часть текста: . My Dear Friend, I have long ago received your letter with the two papers, one addressed to the Dukhobortzy, and the other to me. I thank with all my heart your friends for what they say to me. I think very often of them and wish to he with them. I have this night dreamed, that I was with you in Croydon and made acquaintance with all our friends, with Mr. Baker and some ladies, and had a great discussion with them on the theme, which is to me always the nearest at heart,— that we must all of us direct all our strength, not on our outer surroundings (I saw in my dream, that yours was a community in a big house), but on our inner life. I am persuaded, that you and your friends know this as well as myself, but I write this only because the dream was so vivid, that I see the faces and remember the words, that have been said. I am not now in Moscow, but in the conntry, at my friend Olsoufieff. I enjoy the stillness of the country life, and am working but something, that I would like very much to send to you before the summer (for publication). 1 My best love to you and your friends. Your brother Leo Tolstoy. Мой дорогой друг, Я давно уже получил ваше письмо с двумя посланиями, одно к духоборам, другое ко мне. От всего сердца благодарю ваших друзей за то, что они мне говорят в нем. Я часто думаю о них и хотел бы быть с ними. Этой ночью видел во сне, что я с вами в Кройдоне и познакомился со всеми вашими друзьями, с г. Бэкером и с какими-то дамами, и горячо спорил с ними на тему, которая мне ближе всего — о том, что мы все должны направлять все свои силы не на наше внешнее окружение (во сне я видел, что вы живете общиной в большом доме), но...

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