The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-01


nothing else IL possible to him
but II seems to he hard In
deed for the moralist with an un-
divided mind 10 enter the kingdom OF
art. Count Tolstoy is the most conspicu-
Gus example the world affords just now
OF a man OF genius who once had 1T in
his power to influence men toward the
things that seemed good TO him. but
threw the power away I'm order. ms he sup
posed, to increase his moral influence. In
literature of high order. moral effect
must be produced with the aid Of the lever
OF art Count Tolstoy threw away his
lever in order 10 attack the weight Of
human depravty with his bare hand
This may be magnificent. but It is not
war. The one result such n method can
produce is to satisfy the mans conscience
that he II putting forth his whole strength
In a good Hsht. A practical person would
prefer more objective results.
How. one wonders, would Tolstoy feel
n hs were aware that his new novel.
which IL probably also HE last will owe
Mt least half It's sales In this country to
the fact that the editor OF a popular maya
zine after beginning TO run II n serial.
stopped because he considered 1t too
coarse for the American public? The re-
Election would hardly be pleasing to a
man whose one desire IL to leave the
world little better because of his work
and his protests.
Let us hasten to add that the contin-
gent OF the reading public which buys
novels In order to he shocked by them
will be disappointed In Resurrection" Il
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