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Anna Karenina

the capitalists. And society’s so constituted that the harder
they work, the greater the profit of the merchants and
landowners, while they stay beasts of burden to the end.
And that state of things must be changed,’ he finished up,

and he looked questioningly at his brother.
‘Yes, of course,’ said Konstantin, looking at the patch
of red that had come out on his brother’s projecting cheek
bones.
‘And so we’re founding a locksmiths’ association,
where all the production and profit and the chief
instruments of production will be in common.’
‘Where is the association to be?’ asked Konstantin
Levin.
‘In the village of Vozdrem, Kazan government.’
‘But why in a village? In the villages, I think, there is
plenty of work as it is. Why a locksmiths’ association in a
village?’
‘Why? Because the peasants are just as much slaves as
they ever were, and that’s why you and Sergey Ivanovitch
don’t like people to try and get them out of their slavery,’
said Nikolay Levin, exasperated by the objection.
Konstantin Levin sighed, looking meanwhile about the
cheerless and dirty room. This sigh seemed to exasperate
Nikolay still more.

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