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Chapter 27

           Russiahasbeenruinedbytheemancipation!”

           SviazhskylookedwithsmilingeyesatLevin,andevenmadeafaintgestureofironytohim;butLevindidnotthinkthelandowner’swordsabsurd,heunderstoodthembetterthanhedidSviazhsky.AgreatdealmoreofwhatthegentlemanwiththegraywhiskerssaidtoshowinwhatwayRussiawasruinedbytheemancipationstruckhimindeedasverytrue,newtohim,andquiteincontestable.Thelandownerunmistakablyspokehisownindividualthoughtathingthatveryrarelyhappensandathoughttowhichhehadbeenbroughtnotbyadesireoffindingsomeexerciseforanidlebrain,butathoughtwhichhadgrownupoutoftheconditionsofhislife,whichhehadbroodedoverinthesolitudeofhisvillage,andhadconsideredineveryaspect.

           “Thepointis,don’tyousee,thatprogressofeverysortisonlymadebytheuseofauthority,”hesaid,evidentlywishingtoshowhewasnotwithoutculture.“TakethereformsofPeter,ofCatherine,ofAlexander.TakeEuropeanhistory.Andprogressinagriculturemorethananythingelsethepotato,forinstance,thatwasintroducedamongusbyforce.Thewoodenploughtoowasn’talwaysused.ItwasintroducedmaybeinthedaysbeforetheEmpire,butitwasprobablybroughtinbyforce.Now,inourownday,welandownersintheserftimesusedvariousimprovementsinourhusbandry:dryingmachinesandthrashingmachines,andcartingmanureandallthemodernimplementsallthatwebroughtintousebyourauthority,andthepeasantsopposeditatfirst,andendedbyimitatingus.

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