Анна Каренина

Chapter 12

           Hewasfreefromthatshame,whichhadusuallyharassedhimafterafall;andhecouldlookeveryonestraightintheface.InFebruaryhehadreceivedaletterfromMaryaNikolaevnatellinghimthathisbrotherNikolay’shealthwasgettingworse,butthathewouldnottakeadvice,andinconsequenceofthisletterLevinwenttoMoscowtohisbrother’sandsucceededinpersuadinghimtoseeadoctorandtogotoawatering-placeabroad.Hesucceededsowellinpersuadinghisbrother,andinlendinghimmoneyforthejourneywithoutirritatinghim,thathewassatisfiedwithhimselfinthatmatter.Inadditiontohisfarming,whichcalledforspecialattentioninspring,andinadditiontoreading,Levinhadbegunthatwinteraworkonagriculture,theplanofwhichturnedontakingintoaccountthecharacterofthelaboreronthelandasoneoftheunalterabledataofthequestion,liketheclimateandthesoil,andconsequentlydeducingalltheprinciplesofscientificculture,notsimplyfromthedataofsoilandclimate,butfromthedataofsoil,climate,andacertainunalterablecharacterofthelaborer.Thus,inspiteofhissolitude,orinconsequenceofhissolitude,hislifewasexceedinglyfull.OnlyrarelyhesufferedfromanunsatisfieddesiretocommunicatehisstrayideastosomeonebesidesAgafeaMihalovna.Withherindeedhenotinfrequentlyfellintodiscussionuponphysics,thetheoryofagriculture,andespeciallyphilosophy;philosophywasAgafeaMihalovna’sfavoritesubject.

           Springwasslowinunfolding.Forthelastfewweeksithadbeensteadilyfinefrostyweather.

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