Анна Каренина

Chapter 19

           “Canthesehundredsofmillionsofmenbedeprivedofthathighestblessingwithoutwhichlifehasnomeaning?”Heponderedamoment,butimmediatelycorrectedhimself.“ButwhatamIquestioning?”hesaidtohimself.“IamquestioningtherelationtoDivinityofallthedifferentreligionsofallmankind.IamquestioningtheuniversalmanifestationofGodtoalltheworldwithallthosemistyblurs.WhatamIabout?Tomeindividually,tomyhearthasbeenrevealedaknowledgebeyondalldoubt,andunattainablebyreason,andhereIamobstinatelytryingtoexpressthatknowledgeinreasonandwords.

           “Don’tIknowthatthestarsdon’tmove?”heaskedhimself,gazingatthebrightplanetwhichhadshifteditspositionuptothetopmosttwigofthebirch-tree.“Butlookingatthemovementsofthestars,Ican’tpicturetomyselftherotationoftheearth,andI’mrightinsayingthatthestarsmove.

           “Andcouldtheastronomershaveunderstoodandcalculatedanything,iftheyhadtakenintoaccountallthecomplicatedandvariedmotionsoftheearth?Allthemarvelousconclusionstheyhavereachedaboutthedistances,weights,movements,anddeflectionsoftheheavenlybodiesareonlyfoundedontheapparentmotionsoftheheavenlybodiesaboutastationaryearth,onthatverymotionIseebeforemenow,whichhasbeensoformillionsofmenduringlongages,andwasandwillbealwaysalike,andcanalwaysbetrusted.

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