Преступление и наказание

Chapter 5

           

           “Atwhat?”

           “Yourquestionisawideone.Imaybemistaken,butIfancyIfindclearerviews,more,sotosay,criticism,morepracticality...”

           “That’strue,”Zossimovletdrop.

           “Nonsense!There’snopracticality.”Razumihinflewathim.“Practicalityisadifficultthingtofind;itdoesnotdropdownfromheaven.Andforthelasttwohundredyearswehavebeendivorcedfromallpracticallife.Ideas,ifyoulike,arefermenting,”hesaidtoPyotrPetrovitch,“anddesireforgoodexists,thoughit’sinachildishform,andhonestyyoumayfind,althoughtherearecrowdsofbrigands.Anyway,there’snopracticality.Practicalitygoeswellshod.”

           “Idon’tagreewithyou,”PyotrPetrovitchreplied,withevidentenjoyment.“Ofcourse,peopledogetcarriedawayandmakemistakes,butonemusthaveindulgence;thosemistakesaremerelyevidenceofenthusiasmforthecauseandofabnormalexternalenvironment.Iflittlehasbeendone,thetimehasbeenbutshort;ofmeansIwillnotspeak.It’smypersonalview,ifyoucaretoknow,thatsomethinghasbeenaccomplishedalready.Newvaluableideas,newvaluableworksarecirculatingintheplaceofourolddreamyandromanticauthors.Literatureistakingamaturerform,manyinjuriousprejudiceshavebeenrootedupandturnedintoridicule....Inaword,wehavecutourselvesoffirrevocablyfromthepast,andthat,tomythinking,isagreatthing...”

           “He’slearntitbyhearttoshowoff!”Raskolnikovpronouncedsuddenly.

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