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Anna Karenina

Katavasov in answer to Levin’s inquiry. ‘Pyotr Ivanovitch
and I were going. I’ve promised to deliver an address on
his labors in zoology. Come along with us, it’s very
interesting.’

‘Yes, and indeed it’s time to start,’ said Metrov. ‘Come
with us, and from there, if you care to, come to my place.
I should very much like to hear your work.’
‘Oh, no! It’s no good yet, it’s unfinished. But I shall be
very glad to go to the meeting.’
‘I say, friends, have you heard? He has handed in the
separate report,’ Katavasov called from the other room,
where he was putting on his frock coat.
And a conversation sprang up upon the university
question, which was a very important event that winter in
Moscow. Three old professors in the council had not
accepted the opinion of the younger professors. The
young ones had registered a separate resolution. This, in
the judgment of some people, was monstrous, in the
judgment of others it was the simplest and most just thing
to do, and the professors were split up into two parties.
One party, to which Katavasov belonged, saw in the
opposite party a scoundrelly betrayal and treachery, while
the opposite party saw in them childishness and lack of
respect for the authorities. Levin, though he did not

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