Анна Кареніна

Chapter 29

           HereadthebookslenthimbySviazhsky,andcopyingoutwhathehadnotgot,hereadboththeeconomicandsocialisticbooksonthesubject,but,ashehadanticipated,foundnothingbearingontheschemehehadundertaken.InthebooksonpoliticaleconomyinMill,forinstance,whomhestudiedfirstwithgreatardor,hopingeveryminutetofindananswertothequestionsthatwereengrossinghimhefoundlawsdeducedfromtheconditionoflandcultureinEurope;buthedidnotseewhytheselaws,whichdidnotapplyinRussia,mustbegeneral.Hesawjustthesamethinginthesocialisticbooks:eithertheywerethebeautifulbutimpracticablefantasieswhichhadfascinatedhimwhenhewasastudent,ortheywereattemptsatimproving,rectifyingtheeconomicpositioninwhichEuropewasplaced,withwhichthesystemoflandtenureinRussiahadnothingincommon.PoliticaleconomytoldhimthatthelawsbywhichthewealthofEuropehadbeendeveloped,andwasdeveloping,wereuniversalandunvarying.Socialismtoldhimthatdevelopmentalongtheselinesleadstoruin.Andneitherofthemgaveananswer,orevenahint,inreplytothequestionwhathe,Levin,andalltheRussianpeasantsandlandowners,weretodowiththeirmillionsofhandsandmillionsofacres,tomakethemasproductiveaspossibleforthecommonweal.

           Havingoncetakenthesubjectup,hereadconscientiouslyeverythingbearingonit,andintendedintheautumntogoabroadtostudylandsystemsonthespot,inorderthathemightnotonthisquestionbeconfrontedwithwhatsooftenmethimonvarioussubjects

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