Война и мир

Chapter 6

           )Hewouldtransferaquestiontometaphysicalheights,passontodefinitionsofspace,time,andthought,and,havingdeducedtherefutationheneeded,wouldagaindescendtotheleveloftheoriginaldiscussion.

           IngeneralthetraitofSperánski’smentalitywhichstruckPrinceAndrewmostwashisabsoluteandunshakablebeliefinthepowerandauthorityofreason.ItwasevidentthatthethoughtcouldneveroccurtohimwhichtoPrinceAndrewseemedsonatural,namely,thatitisafterallimpossibletoexpressallonethinks;andthathehadneverfeltthedoubt,“IsnotallIthinkandbelievenonsense?”AnditwasjustthispeculiarityofSperánski’smindthatparticularlyattractedPrinceAndrew.

           DuringthefirstperiodoftheiracquaintanceBolkónskifeltapassionateadmirationforhimsimilartothatwhichhehadoncefeltforBonaparte.ThefactthatSperánskiwasthesonofavillagepriest,andthatstupidpeoplemightmeanlydespisehimonaccountofhishumbleorigin(asinfactmanydid),causedPrinceAndrewtocherishhissentimentforhimthemore,andunconsciouslytostrengthenit.

           OnthatfirsteveningBolkónskispentwithhim,havingmentionedtheCommissionfortheRevisionoftheCodeofLaws,SperánskitoldhimsarcasticallythattheCommissionhadexistedforahundredandfiftyyears,hadcostmillions,andhaddonenothingexceptthatRosenkampfhadstucklabelsonthecorrespondingparagraphsofthedifferentcodes.

           “Andthatisallthestatehasforthemillionsithasspent,”saidhe.“WewanttogivetheSenatenewjuridicalpowers,butwehavenolaws

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