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Часть текста: 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 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 appears especially strange of India, for here we have a people of 200 millions of individuals, highly endowed with spiritual and physical powers, in absolute subjection to a small clique, composed of persons utterly alien in thought and aspiration and altogether inferior to those whom they enslave. These causes, as one can...
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Часть текста: only through my indiscretion in telling St. John what Anna Constantinowna wrote without precision to her sister. As you see, Mr. Tchertkov is not in fault with regard to you. 1 I am very, very sorry for all this misunderstanding between two such true friends of mine as you and Tchertkov. I hope that with your sincerity and straightforwardness this misunderstanding will undoubtedly be cleared up. 2 I am very glad to know from your letter to Maude that you got the help you wanted for your undertaking and wish you success in it. 3 I remain, with brotherly love, yours truly, Leo Tolstoy. P. S. You say in your letter: «may I publish it». I do not quite understand what is it you wish to publish. I think it is better not to publish anything about the matter. Please don’t. Leo Tolstoy. 3/16 July 1900. Дорогой Кенворти, Я только что получил ваше последнее письмо и с большим огорчением узнал из него, что вы недружелюбно относитесь к Черткову. Что же касается его, то он в своих письмах всегда пишет о вас с большим уважением и любовью. Утверждения, против которых вы возражаете, ему не принадлежат. Всё это стало вам известно только благодаря моей неосторожности. Я рассказал Син-Джону о том, чтò Анна Константиновна неопределенно написала своей сестре. Как вы видите, Чертков здесь не при чем. 1 Я очень, очень жалею о всем этом недоразумении между двумя...
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Часть текста: answer them as well as I can. 1) I have got nothing against the usual assembling of people confessing the Christian doctrine on Sundays in halls that they call churches. But I think, that these assemblies ought not to be devoted, as they usually are, to public and uniform public prayers, firstly, because the repetition on Sunday in the same words is perfectly useless, as it very soon becomes a mechanical procedure; secondly and chiefly, because in the Gospels this error is plainly pointed out and it is there definitely said (Math. VI), that one should not pray in public places, but in solitude, which is corroborated both by the reason and the experience of every man, who has ever sincerely prayed to God, as the assembly of people only distracts, makes one’s thoughts wander and diverts them. I think that Sunday rest and dedication of this day to spiritual exercise may take place in the most various forms. One may suggest, that men of the same spirit, meeting together on Sunday, should bring to their meeting such religious books or articles which they find in ancient and modern literature and read and discuss them together; one may suggest, that meeting together on Sunday men of the same spirit should arrange dinners for the poor and themselves serve those dinners; one may suggest, that meeting together men of the same spirit should confess their sins to each other and discuss them. In short one can think of a hundred different forms of worship, which should all have for their aim a mutual spiritual help and should not be mechanical, but sensible. 2) Do I believe in the resurrection and that there is a hereafter? I believe in true, i. e. indestructible life which Christ has disclosed to us and for the which death does not exist. But this life should in no-wise be...