'The current generation now sees everything clearly, it marvels at the errors, it laughs at the folly of its ancestors, not seeing that this chronicle is all over scored by divine fire, that every letter of it cries out , that from everywhere the piercing finger is pointed at it, at this current generation; but the current generation laughs, and presumptuously, proudly begins a series of new errors, at which their descendants will laugh afterwards...........
For contemporary judgement does not recognise that much depth of soul is needed to light up the picture drawn from contemptible life and elevate it into a pearl of creation......
And so the money which to some extent may have saved the situation is spent on various means for bringing about self-oblivion.............
For every man there are certain words that are as if closer and more intimate than any others. And often, unexpectedly, in some remote forsaken backwater, some deserted desert, one meets a man whose warming conversation makes you forget the pathlessness of your paths, the homelessness of your nights, and the contemporary world full of people's stupidity, of deceptions for deceiving man. Forever and always an evening spent in this way will vividly remain with you, and all that was and that took place then will be retained by the faithful memory: who was there, and who stood where, and what he was holding - the walls, the corners, and every trifle........
........nothing could be more pleasant than to live in solitude, enjoy the spectacle of nature, and occasionally read some book........
Let me warn you that if you start chasing after views, you'll be left without bread and without views.'
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