Анна Кареніна

Chapter 9

           He’stheson,itappears,ofsomeMoscowbutler,andhasneverhadanysortofbringing-up.Whenhegotintotheacademyandmadehisreputationhetried,ashe’snofool,toeducatehimself.Andheturnedtowhatseemedtohimtheverysourceofculture—themagazines.Inoldtimes,yousee,amanwhowantedtoeducatehimself—aFrenchman,forinstance—wouldhavesettoworktostudyalltheclassicsandtheologiansandtragediansandhistoriarisandphilosophers,and,youknow,alltheintellectualworkthatcameinhisway.Butinourdayhegoesstraightfortheliteratureofnegation,veryquicklyassimilatesalltheextractsofthescienceofnegation,andhe’sready.Andthat’snotall—twentyyearsagohewouldhavefoundinthatliteraturetracesofconflictwithauthorities,withthecreedsoftheages;hewouldhaveperceivedfromthisconflictthattherewassomethingelse;butnowhecomesatonceuponaliteratureinwhichtheoldcreedsdonotevenfurnishmatterfordiscussion,butitisstatedbaldlythatthereisnothingelse—evolution,naturalselection,struggleforexistence—andthat’sall.InmyarticleI’ve....”

           “Itellyouwhat,”saidAnna,whohadforalongwhilebeenexchangingwaryglanceswithVronsky,andknewthathewasnotintheleastinterestedintheeducationofthisartist,butwassimplyabsorbedbytheideaofassistinghim,andorderingaportraitofhim;“Itellyouwhat,”shesaid,resolutelyinterruptingGolenishtchev,whowasstilltalkingaway,“let’sgoandseehim!”

           Golenishtchevrecoveredhisself-possessionandreadilyagreed

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