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1、THEFORGEDCOUPONAndOtherStoriesByLeoNikoleyevichTolstoyCONTENTS:INTRODUCTION3LISTOFPOSTHUMOUSWORKS,GIVINGDATEWHENEACHWASFINISHEDORLENGTHOFTIMEOCCUPIEDINWRITING.22THEFORGEDCOUPON23PARTFIRST23PARTSECOND54AFTERTHEDANCE73ALYOSHATHEPOT80MYDREAM84THEREARENOGUILTYPEOPLE93THEYOUNGTSA
2、R101INTRODUCTIONINanageofmaterialismlikeourownthephenomenonofspiritualpowerisassignificantandinspiringasitisrare.Nolongerassociatedwiththe"divineright"ofkings,ithassurvivedthedownfalloffeudalandtheocraticsystemsasamysticpersonalemanationinplaceofacoerciveweaponofstatecraft.F
3、reedfromitsancientshacklesofdogmaanddespotismiteludesanalysis.Weknownothowtogaugeitseffectonothers,norevenuponourselves.Likethewind,itpermeatestheatmospherewebreathe,andbaffleswhileitstimulatesthemindwithitsintangiblebutcompellingforce.Thispsychicpower,whichthedeadweightofma
4、terialismisimpotenttosuppress,isrevealedinthelivesandwritingsofmenofthemostdiversecreedsandnationalities.Apartfromthosewho,likeBuddhaandMahomet,havebeenraisedtotheheightofdemi-godsbyworshippingmillions,therearenameswhichleapinevitablytothemind—suchnamesasSavonarola,Luther,Ca
5、lvin,Rousseau—whichstandfortypesandexemplarsofspiritualaspiration.Tothishighpriesthoodofthequickamongthedead,whocandoubtthattimewilladmitLeoTolstoy—ageniuswhosegreatnesshasbeenobscuredfromusratherthanenhancedbyhisduality;arealistwhostrovetodemolishthemysticismofChristianity,
6、andbecamehimselfamysticinthecontemplationofNature;amanofardenttemperamentandrobustphysique,keenlysusceptibletohumanpassionsanddesires,whobattledwithhimselffromearlymanhooduntilthespirit,gatheringstrengthwithyears,inexorablysubduedtheflesh.Tolstoytherealiststepswithoutcavilin
7、tothefrontrankofmodernwriters;Tolstoytheidealisthasbeenconstantlyderidedandscornedbymenoflikebirthandeducationwithhimself—hisaltruismdenouncedasimpracticable,hispreachingcomparedwithhismodeoflifetoprovehiminconsistent,ifnotinsincere.Thisistheprevailingattitudeofpoliticiansan
8、dliterarymen.Mustoneconcludethatthemassofmankindhaslosttouchwithidealism?On
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