Анна Каренина

Chapter 8

           

           Onefacthehadfoundoutsincethesequestionshadengrossedhismind,wasthathehadbeenquitewronginsupposingfromtherecollectionsofthecircleofhisyoungdaysatcollege,thatreligionhadoutliveditsday,andthatitwasnowpracticallynon-existent.Allthepeoplenearesttohimwhoweregoodintheirliveswerebelievers.Theoldprince,andLvov,whomhelikedsomuch,andSergeyIvanovitch,andallthewomenbelieved,andhiswifebelievedassimplyashehadbelievedinhisearliestchildhood,andninety-ninehundredthsoftheRussianpeople,alltheworkingpeopleforwhoselifehefeltthedeepestrespect,believed.

           Anotherfactofwhichhebecameconvinced,afterreadingmanyscientificbooks,wasthatthemenwhosharedhisviewshadnootherconstructiontoputonthem,andthattheygavenoexplanationofthequestionswhichhefelthecouldnotlivewithoutanswering,butsimplyignoredtheirexistenceandattemptedtoexplainotherquestionsofnopossibleinteresttohim,suchastheevolutionoforganisms,thematerialistictheoryofconsciousness,andsoforth.

           Moreover,duringhiswife’sconfinement,somethinghadhappenedthatseemedextraordinarytohim.He,anunbeliever,hadfallenintopraying,andatthemomentheprayed,hebelieved.Butthatmomenthadpassed,andhecouldnotmakehisstateofmindatthatmomentfitintotherestofhislife.

           Hecouldnotadmitthatatthatmomentheknewthetruth,andthatnowhewaswrong;forassoonashebeganthinkingcalmlyaboutit,itallfelltopieces

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