The Washington herald., 1910-11-20
TOLSTOI Is DEAD.
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down to TIL thv soil, and from that time
forward cultivated extreme simplicity in
diet and conduct
This was about 1880. and In the twenty
years following his principal literary
works were my Confession a "Criti-
eism OF Dogmatic Theology" never
translated; THE Four Gospels Harmon
ized and Translated" What / Believe,
sometimes called MY Religions" THE
Gospel in Brief" What Must We Do
Them ION Life" also called Life"
The kreutzer Sonata" treating OF the
sex question: THE Kingdom OF God is
Within You" The Christian Teaching"
What Is Art2" and Resurrection"
Ideas of True Living.
Tolstoi in these books set forth his
ideas Of true living They we're much at
variance with the views of the Russian
government. and the author expected to
be prosecuted directly for writing them.
In this he was disappointed. for the gov
eminent went no further than 10 suppress
some OF the books, mutilate Others and
to exile some of the authors friends. In
1901 he himself was accommodated by
the Holy Synod. Then Tolstoi addressed a
letter to the Car himself, in which he
predicted that II the Emperor did not
manifest a change Of heart there would
be a recurrence Of all the terrors OF nihil-
ism and the horrors OF the prevention OF
IL by massacre.
For many years TolgtOi refused TO &C.
CT ot payment for his writings. and this
and the fact that he was continually CIV
ing away hts property and assoeiating
with the poorest peasantry were not al
together pleasing 10 his wife
Writes His Autobiography.
His chief work during the latter part
OF hts life was an exhaustive autobiog-
raDhy on which for years he spent hours
every day. A strict vegetarian and al
most total abstainer. he would take a
sip of wine only at the urgent request
OF his physician. who had been prac-
tically a member Of his household for
many years
Tolstol asserted that he was opposed
to both anarehism and socialism. He once
said the salvation of Russia depended up
on the peasant ownership of land and
the application OF the single tax scheme
OF Henry George who with William
Lloyd Garrison. he classed as the great.
- "a +ht-iNi A. AAits f-t fAAtA4tl AsAeril AnA
the RussO-Japanese war. and prOphesied
/ that the Douna. whose membership he
referred TO as 'babblers.r would never
accomplish anything
The Russian government has not been
alone In its opinion Of the evil influence
/ OF Tolstoi's works. 81 about two vesrs
ago the japanese e rvernment put them
under ban on the ground that they
/ tend % demorallZe youth
I Two years ago Tolstois eightieth birth
day was made the occasion Of celebra-
| tons IN several towns in Russia despite
| the efforts OF the government against
sucsl. Three years ago 1t was proposed
1 10 confer the Nobel peace prize upon him
/ but he declined il, and when a similar
proposal vas made last September he
again refused the prize and suggested
/ that il be bestowed on the religious Sect
known as the "Doukhobors
Sought Solitary Retirement
II was not until Friday Of last week
that the world learned that on October
( 10 Tolstof had suddenly left Yasnaya Po-
Llama, accompanied by his physician, Or
/ Makoyetsky. In letter to his wife he
said he was going into solitary retire
ment and begged her 10 make no effort
/ 10 ind him. He was found on SatNr-
( day IN the monastery of Koselsk, in the
province Of KalOugs. Before lie was
/ found the countess made two attempts
/ 10 commit suicide by jumping through
/ a hole IN the ice into the river His
daughter Alexandra Immediately hurried
10 him, and the report came that he was
( suffering from severe attack Of bron-
chitis contracted through driving during
! his fight, ia d dTenehing rain.
To friend who congratulated him
upon his eishtieth birthday, T@stoi wrote
/ this:
Il know with certainty that in dying
shall be happy and that ! shall entel
a world more real
Death In youth is as when a man i:
! awakened before he has slept a rul
measure. Death in old age is as wheI
q man wakes OF hts own accord aftel
I a gooi slePD -