Анна Каренина

Chapter 10

           Informerdaysalmostfromchildhood,andincreasinglyuptofullmanhoodwhenhehadtriedtodoanythingthatwouldbegoodforall,forhumanity,forRussia,forthewholevillage,hehadnoticedthattheideaofithadbeenpleasant,buttheworkitselfhadalwaysbeenincoherent,thatthenhehadneverhadafullconvictionofitsabsolutenecessity,andthattheworkthathadbegunbyseemingsogreat,hadgrownlessandless,tillitvanishedintonothing.Butnow,sincehismarriage,whenhehadbeguntoconfinehimselfmoreandmoretolivingforhimself,thoughheexperiencednodelightatallatthethoughtoftheworkhewasdoing,hefeltacompleteconvictionofitsnecessity,sawthatitsucceededfarbetterthaninolddays,andthatitkeptongrowingmoreandmore.

           Now,involuntarilyitseemed,hecutmoreandmoredeeplyintothesoillikeaplough,sothathecouldnotbedrawnoutwithoutturningasidethefurrow.

           Tolivethesamefamilylifeashisfatherandforefathersthatis,inthesameconditionofcultureandtobringuphischildreninthesame,wasincontestablynecessary.Itwasasnecessaryasdiningwhenonewashungry.Andtodothis,justasitwasnecessarytocookdinner,itwasnecessarytokeepthemechanismofagricultureatPokrovskoegoingsoastoyieldanincome.Justasincontestablyasitwasnecessarytorepayadebtwasitnecessarytokeepthepropertyinsuchaconditionthathisson,whenhereceiveditasaheritage,wouldsay“thankyou”tohisfatherasLevinhadsaid“thankyou”tohisgrandfatherforallhebuiltandplanted.

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