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the Government III take ,p'nr notice. hat
for many years hc hal very POWERFUL
relative tnev called Cousins r.
court, who contriyri to smooth over
: tine situation and eliminate n danger
which WAS IN an probability chiefly imng-
mary. For many wears the Church AZ
nor''d HIS violent attacks upon II. bui
MAS fairly driy"a in the end IL pro-
nnun'e S"ntenC. of rxCommunIratiDn
While som" r,r''sN!aStlCs cannot tolerate
th" sound ut hI~ name. Vet mauy Of the
most d"vout. among both clergy anu
Eym"n, profoundly regretted tins step
and regarded IL ~ njudi"ioIlS. The
Holy SYNOD really WIS in th" quan-
Diary popularity described a~ between
t"" devil AMI tn. deep Srl", or. ~
more diplomi,ic and classic Language.
~betwrrl S1ylia and thgrybdiS II
II continued Io ignore the famous
and titl.l mln. who Was rrput"d 10 he
wealthy and known la possess powerful
influence. III acton would not be- re-
! gardrd as indicating scorn of his fn,lle
onslnughi-, brli aS Il proof of favoriism,
vcnal.ly, II may he, in view of the fact
/ that peasant -hcretiC~. devoid of influ-
: cuCc. had been cast ou,. On the other
/ hand II II did cNCommunlClte him. n
knew precisely what To expect IN the
way Of popular indignation and its
/ expectations w.re fulfilled To the ut
most The Co,inI published a cool rctort
ia which he said that he did not want
the Christian burial which was included
in the official list of prohibited privi-
leges, and that he had long since made
his arrangements for that contingency
! while his wife simultaneously pub
llshed a passionate renonstran'r de-
clalng that she was SURF she would
be able to find a merciful priest If
Christian spirit who would defy the
eccle-,iastical authorities and perform the
! Ceremonv
A distinguished Russian philosopher.
the late v. y. STRAkHoFF, lifelong
friend of ToLsToY, once said OF him
Tin connection with the so-cal!ed philo-
sophical and religious works for which
: he NAV be said. without injustice. TO
have strangled his wonderful gifts that
! the Count was not born with philo-
/ sophical mind and had not received a
philosophical training II may be added
that he had not an iota Of either logic
or humor in his writings. He could dis
Germ the humor OF situation presented
I in action before his eyes; he could even
perpetrate jokes. of "A sort. in speech.
4. i
concern him or that no one tried 10
point out to him that his joke applied
even more aptly 70 himself than to his
victim. IL was tins combination of lack
OF philosophical and logical mind and
training and IN" sense of hIImor which
stand why there should have been the
! alleged quarrel III the family over the
! copyright Of what unpublished writings
/ he has. left behind him Why stranger
should be- saddled with the sin of
making money by them whil. no s.n IL
involved for himself ia dcpr.ving hi-
own household of what has heAn rinivnr-
sally conceded - be right. II - difficult
IN understand on any other theory eN-
cept this. with the addition ~ the naive.
unconscious vanity and egoism which
assumes, that anything he has To- say
must necessarily b. the greatest thing
/ in the world for all nations His nnu-
merable and contradictory theories of
belief and conduct viii fade or wlll At
least cease To be claimed a. the ruIl. of
life by people many Of whom hav" nut
/ the vaguest idea of their doctrine What
Is like to be enduring IL the supreme
genius Of the earlier novels.