Мертвые души

           Andwhatoccupations!Occupationswhichgenuinelyupliftthesoul,seeingthatthelandownerwalkswithnatureandtheseasonsoftheyear,andtakespartin,andisintimatewith,everythingwhichisevolvedbycreation.Forletuslookattheroundoftheyear’slabours.Evenbeforespringhasarrivedtherewillhavebegunageneralwatchingandawaitingforit,andapreparingforsowing,andanapportioningofcrops,andameasuringofseedgrainbybyres,anddryingofseed,andadividingoftheworkersintoteams.Foreverythingneedstobeexaminedbeforehand,andcalculationsmustbemadeattheverystart.Andassoonasevertheiceshallhavemelted,andtheriversbeflowing,andthelandhavedriedsufficientlytobeworkable,thespadewillbeginitstaskinkitchenandflowergarden,andtheploughandtheharrowtheirtasksinthefield;untileverywheretherewillbetillingandsowingandplanting.Anddoyouunderstandwhatthesumofthatlabourwillmean?Itwillmeanthattheharvestisbeingsown,thatthewelfareoftheworldisbeingsown,thatthefoodofmillionsisbeingputintotheearth.Andthereafterwillcomesummer,theseasonofreaping,endlessreaping;forsuddenlythecropswillhaveripened,andrye-sheafwillbelyingheapeduponrye-sheaf,with,elsewhere,stocksofbarley,andofoats,andofwheat.Andeverythingwillbeteemingwithlife,andnotamomentwillthereneedtobelost,seeingthat,hadyoueventwentyeyes,youwouldhaveneedforthemall.