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Show gtjt it. I reel that for them I am n 'trouble-fete. But it is clear that they are beginning to see that this cannot go on this way forever." TOLSTOY IRKED BY IDLENESS fetter Written by Russian Philosopher Philos-opher Condemns Life Led by Indolent Men of Means. The Vosslsche Zoitung prints the following letter by Tolstoy, written in 1884, with the remark that it has never nev-er before been published except In Russian, and that its value lies in the fact that as early as 1884 Tolstoy had about made up his mind to do what he did in 1910 leave home and live the life of a peasant. The letter reads in part: "I am living In the country, involuntarily involun-tarily according to a new method. I go to bed early, get up early, write very little but work a great deal, either eith-er making boots or mowing hay. I see with joy (or possibly it only seems to me like joy) that there Is something some-thing up In my family. They do not condemn me; as a matter of fact, they seem ashamed of themselves. "What miserable creatures we are and how we have all gone astray. There are a great many of us here, ciy own children and the children of Kimlnsk.V, and nobody does a thing but gulp down food. They are all big and strong, yet they do nothing. People Peo-ple in the village are at work. My children eat and make their clothes and their rooms dirty and that Is all. Everything is done for them by somebody some-body else, yet they do nothing for anybody. And worst of all, they seem to feel that It Is as it should be. But I have had my own part In building . '.;ctl 0 .avslcin nnrl T con ravs. |