Анна Кареніна

Chapter 10

           “Itistheacceptedviewnowthatrealculturemustbepurelyclassical;butweseemostintensedisputesoneachsideofthequestion,andthereisnodenyingthattheoppositecamphasstrongpointsinitsfavor.”

           “Youareforclassics,SergeyIvanovitch.Willyoutakeredwine?”saidStepanArkadyevitch.

           “Iamnotexpressingmyownopinionofeitherformofculture,”SergeyIvanovitchsaid,holdingouthisglasswithasmileofcondescension,astoachild.“Ionlysaythatbothsideshavestrongargumentstosupportthem,”hewenton,addressingAlexeyAlexandrovitch.“Mysympathiesareclassicalfromeducation,butinthisdiscussionIampersonallyunabletoarriveataconclusion.Iseenodistinctgroundsforclassicalstudiesbeinggivenapreeminenceoverscientificstudies.”

           “Thenaturalscienceshavejustasgreataneducationalvalue,”putinPestsov.“Takeastronomy,takebotany,orzoologywithitssystemofgeneralprinciples.”

           “Icannotquiteagreewiththat,”respondedAlexeyAlexandrovitch“Itseemstomethatonemustadmitthattheveryprocessofstudyingtheformsoflanguagehasapeculiarlyfavorableinfluenceonintellectualdevelopment.Moreover,itcannotbedeniedthattheinfluenceoftheclassicalauthorsisinthehighestdegreemoral,while,unfortunately,withthestudyofthenaturalsciencesareassociatedthefalseandnoxiousdoctrineswhicharethecurseofourday.”

           SergeyIvanovitchwouldhavesaidsomething,butPestsovinterruptedhiminhisrichbass.Hebeganwarmlycontestingthejusticeofthisview.

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