Анна Каренина

Chapter 32

           

           “You’vesimplyborrowedanideathat’snotyourown,butyou’vedistortedit,andaretryingtoapplyitwhereit’snotapplicable.”

           “ButItellyouit’snothingtodowithit.Theydenythejusticeofproperty,ofcapital,ofinheritance,whileIdonotdenythischiefstimulus.”(Levinfeltdisgustedhimselfatusingsuchexpressions,buteversincehehadbeenengrossedbyhiswork,hehadunconsciouslycomemoreandmorefrequentlytousewordsnotRussian.)“AllIwantistoregulatelabor.”

           “Whichmeans,you’veborrowedanidea,strippeditofallthatgaveititsforce,andwanttomakebelievethatit’ssomethingnew,”saidNikolay,angrilytuggingathisnecktie.

           “Butmyideahasnothingincommon....”

           “That,anyway,”saidNikolayLevin,withanironicalsmile,hiseyesflashingmalignantly,“hasthecharmofwhat’sonetocallit?geometricalsymmetry,ofclearness,ofdefiniteness.ItmaybeaUtopia.Butifonceoneallowsthepossibilityofmakingofallthepastatabularasanoproperty,nofamilythenlaborwouldorganizeitself.Butyougainnothing....”

           “Whydoyoumixthingsup?I’veneverbeenacommunist.”

           “ButIhave,andIconsiderit’spremature,butrational,andithasafuture,justlikeChristianityinitsfirstages.”

           “AllthatImaintainisthatthelaborforceoughttobeinvestigatedfromthepointofviewofnaturalscience;thatistosay,itoughttobestudied,itsqualitiesascertained....”

           “Butthat’sutterwasteoftime.

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