Анна Кареніна

Chapter 3

           Andinspiteofthefactthatscience,art,andpoliticshadnospecialinterestforhim,hefirmlyheldthoseviewsonallthesesubjectswhichwereheldbythemajorityandbyhispaper,andheonlychangedthemwhenthemajoritychangedthemor,morestrictlyspeaking,hedidnotchangethem,buttheyimperceptiblychangedofthemselveswithinhim.

           StepanArkadyevitchhadnotchosenhispoliticalopinionsorhisviews;thesepoliticalopinionsandviewshadcometohimofthemselves,justashedidnotchoosetheshapesofhishatandcoat,butsimplytookthosethatwerebeingworn.Andforhim,livinginacertainsocietyowingtotheneed,ordinarilydevelopedatyearsofdiscretion,forsomedegreeofmentalactivitytohaveviewswasjustasindispensableastohaveahat.Iftherewasareasonforhispreferringliberaltoconservativeviews,whichwereheldalsobymanyofhiscircle,itarosenotfromhisconsideringliberalismmorerational,butfromitsbeingincloseraccordancewithhismanneroflife.TheliberalpartysaidthatinRussiaeverythingiswrong,andcertainlyStepanArkadyevitchhadmanydebtsandwasdecidedlyshortofmoney.Theliberalpartysaidthatmarriageisaninstitutionquiteoutofdate,andthatitneedsreconstruction;andfamilylifecertainlyaffordedStepanArkadyevitchlittlegratification,andforcedhimintolyingandhypocrisy,whichwassorepulsivetohisnature.

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