Chapter 19

           

           “Thouhasthidthesethingsfromthewiseandprudent,andhastrevealedthemuntobabes.”SoLevinthoughtabouthiswifeashetalkedtoherthatevening.

           Levinthoughtofthetext,notbecauseheconsideredhimself“wiseandprudent.”Hedidnotsoconsiderhimself,buthecouldnothelpknowingthathehadmoreintellectthanhiswifeandAgafeaMihalovna,andhecouldnothelpknowingthatwhenhethoughtofdeath,hethoughtwithalltheforceofhisintellect.Heknewtoothatthebrainsofmanygreatmen,whosethoughtshehadread,hadbroodedoverdeathandyetknewnotahundredthpartofwhathiswifeandAgafeaMihalovnaknewaboutit.Differentasthosetwowomenwere,AgafeaMihalovnaandKatya,ashisbrotherNikolayhadcalledher,andasLevinparticularlylikedtocallhernow,theywerequitealikeinthis.Bothknew,withoutashadeofdoubt,whatsortofthinglifewasandwhatwasdeath,andthoughneitherofthemcouldhaveanswered,andwouldevennothaveunderstoodthequestionsthatpresentedthemselvestoLevin,bothhadnodoubtofthesignificanceofthisevent,andwerepreciselyalikeintheirwayoflookingatit,whichtheysharedwithmillionsofpeople.Theproofthattheyknewforacertaintythenatureofdeathlayinthefactthattheyknewwithoutasecondofhesitationhowtodealwiththedying,andwerenotfrightenedofthem.Levinandothermenlikehim,thoughtheycouldhavesaidagreatdealaboutdeath,obviouslydidnotknowthissincetheywereafraidofdeath,andwereabsolutelyatalosswhattodowhenpeopleweredying.

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