Анна Каренина

Chapter 26

           Healwaystook,ineveryquestion,thesideofthenobility;hewaspositivelyantagonistictothespreadofpopulareducation,andhesucceededingivingapurelypartycharactertothedistrictcouncilwhichoughtbyrightstobeofsuchanimmenseimportance.Whatwasneededwastoputinhisplaceafresh,capable,perfectlymodernman,ofcontemporaryideas,andtoframetheirpolicysoasfromtherightsconferreduponthenobles,notasthenobility,butasanelementofthedistrictcouncil,toextractallthepowersofself-governmentthatcouldpossiblybederivedfromthem.InthewealthyKashinskyprovince,whichalwaystooktheleadofotherprovincesineverything,therewasnowsuchapreponderanceofforcesthatthispolicy,oncecarriedthroughproperlythere,mightserveasamodelforotherprovincesforallRussia.Andhencethewholequestionwasofthegreatestimportance.ItwasproposedtoelectasmarshalinplaceofSnetkoveitherSviazhsky,or,betterstill,Nevyedovsky,aformeruniversityprofessor,amanofremarkableintelligenceandagreatfriendofSergeyIvanovitch.

           Themeetingwasopenedbythegovernor,whomadeaspeechtothenobles,urgingthemtoelectthepublicfunctionaries,notfromregardforpersons,butfortheserviceandwelfareoftheirfatherland,andhopingthatthehonorablenobilityoftheKashinskyprovincewould,asatallformerelections,holdtheirdutyassacred,andvindicatetheexaltedconfidenceofthemonarch.

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