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

Входимость: 3. Размер: 12кб.

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

Входимость: 3. Размер: 12кб.

Часть текста: 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 ...