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Chapter 4

           “But,again,thatisnotthequestion.Thequestionatthismomentiswhetherwehavenotweakened‘thespringsoflife’bytheextension...”

           “Ofrailways?”putinColiaeagerly.

           “Notrailways,properlyspeaking,presumptuousyouth,butthegeneraltendencyofwhichrailwaysmaybeconsideredastheoutwardexpressionandsymbol.Wehurryandpushandhustle,forthegoodofhumanity!‘Theworldisbecomingtoonoisy,toocommercial!’groanssomesolitarythinker.‘Undoubtedlyitis,butthenoiseofwaggonsbearingbreadtostarvinghumanityisofmorevaluethantranquillityofsoul,’repliesanothertriumphantly,andpassesonwithanairofpride.Asforme,Idon’tbelieveinthesewaggonsbringingbreadtohumanity.For,foundedonnomoralprinciple,thesemaywell,evenintheactofcarryingbreadtohumanity,coldlyexcludeaconsiderableportionofhumanityfromenjoyingit;thathasbeenseenmorethanonce.”

           “What,thesewaggonsmaycoldlyexclude?”repeatedsomeone.

           “Thathasbeenseenalready,”continuedLebedeff,notdeigningtonoticetheinterruption.“Malthuswasafriendofhumanity,but,withill-foundedmoralprinciples,thefriendofhumanityisthedevourerofhumanity,withoutmentioninghispride;for,touchthevanityofoneofthesenumberlessphilanthropists,andtoavengehisself-esteem,hewillbereadyatoncetosetfiretothewholeglobe;andtotellthetruth,weareallmoreorlesslikethat.I,perhaps,mightbethefirsttosetalighttothefuel,andthenrunaway.

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