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Show a conn .man. Great men are very ot.cn peculiar, but cullar men aro very seldom great. This may sound a little paradoxical para-doxical at llrst, but It will be found about right ou reflection. Thtro Is a man, howevor. In whom the two conditions con-ditions unllo mott harmoniously and to the greatest degree, and ho Is Count l.eo Tolstoi, the illstlngutahid Itutslau litterateur, phlloiophcr nnd humanitarian. humani-tarian. There Is uo sounding of trumpets lu any one of hi numerous deeds of widespread bonevclcnre, ai durlug the work or relief nintng the famlue.strloken pooplu or Husila; he doe good becauaelt Is right to do It, and succors thu dlstrtwsud ror no other reasuu than that they ueed succor and hlsheartprompta him to bo tho Instrument Instru-ment or roller. Ills properly has been trcspartcd upon up-on by predatory neighbors who were easily located; Tolstoi would not prosecute prose-cute them or rmlt any one el.o to do II because, aa lni said, the trees destroyed de-stroyed wcro wanted ror fuel and wore given by thu Creator lit be used when neuded, other puoplo's needs being as much entitled to roller as his own. When urged to make an example or a peasant who stole his horsc,ho rofused, ror thu reasiu that ho had other liorsej anil the peasant had none. Bacli Incidents havo bten numerous, nnd so iiuairected Is the nun under all such clrcumstuucos, so evidently In earnest ai to all he says, that his family became really nlsrmud when be announced bin Intention n year or two ago or leaving his rjperty by distribution to those who needed It most. The family havo bssn nt work with blm ever since, and wo are recently advised that, they have carried their point, the count having concluded to settle thu estate upoit his wife and children. This would seem re proper enough thing to do; In any event they should have a goodly ahare'or II; but when It Is consldored that he Is not In bad health, la temperate In all thing and regular lu his practices, the good which those around hint will receive during the lengthened loaio or life which may be hi will undoubtedly amount to as nearly a dlatrlbutlon n ought to lake plaoo under any clrouui-stauces. clrouui-stauces. There are few Tolstois, probably not more than one at a lime. Thusu who am disposed to look upou him as a crank, or at least loose In aomu particular, par-ticular, are evidently not acquainted with him. lie Is many degrees from either condition, and bis "peculiarity" may be defined a the natural result of being unlike other people; moat really and devotedly good men are. |