Війна і мир

Chapter 4

           Eventhose,fondofintellectualtalkandofexpressingtheirfeelings,whodiscussedRussia’spositionatthetimeinvoluntarilyintroducedintotheirconversationeitherashadeofpretenseandfalsehoodoruselesscondemnationandangerdirectedagainstpeopleaccusedofactionsnoonecouldpossiblybeguiltyof.InhistoriceventstheruleforbiddingustoeatofthefruitoftheTreeofKnowledgeisspeciallyapplicable.Onlyunconsciousactionbearsfruit,andhewhoplaysapartinanhistoriceventneverunderstandsitssignificance.Ifhetriestorealizeithiseffortsarefruitless.

           ThemorecloselyamanwasengagedintheeventsthentakingplaceinRussiathelessdidherealizetheirsignificance.InPetersburgandintheprovincesatadistancefromMoscow,ladies,andgentlemeninmilitiauniforms,weptforRussiaanditsancientcapitalandtalkedofself-sacrificeandsoon;butinthearmywhichretiredbeyondMoscowtherewaslittletalkorthoughtofMoscow,andwhentheycaughtsightofitsburnedruinsnoonesworetobeavengedontheFrench,buttheythoughtabouttheirnextpay,theirnextquarters,ofMatrëshkathevivandière,andlikematters.

           Asthewarhadcaughthimintheservice,NicholasRostóvtookacloseandprolongedpartinthedefenseofhiscountry,butdidsocasually,withoutanyaimatself-sacrifice,andhethereforelookedatwhatwasgoingoninRussiawithoutdespairandwithoutdismallyrackinghisbrainsoverit.

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