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Anna Karenina

it possible for each man and millions of different sorts of
men, wise men and imbeciles, old men and children—all
men, peasants, Lvov, Kitty, beggars and kings to
understand perfectly the same one thing, and to build up

thereby that life of the soul which alone is worth living,
and which alone is precious to us.
Lying on his back, he gazed up now into the high,
cloudless sky. ‘Do I not know that that is infinite space,
and that it is not a round arch? But, however I screw up
my eyes and strain my sight, I cannot see it not round and
not bounded, and in spite of my knowing about infinite
space, I am incontestably right when I see a solid blue
dome, and more right than when I strain my eyes to see
beyond it.’
Levin ceased thinking, and only, as it were, listened to
mysterious voices that seemed talking joyfully and
earnestly within him.
‘Can this be faith?’ he thought, afraid to believe in his
happiness. ‘My God, I thank Thee!’ he said, gulping down
his sobs, and with both hands brushing away the tears that
filled his eyes.

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