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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Forged Coupon by Leo Tolstoy: the impotence of money to alleviate distress.
Whatever negations of this dictum our own sys-
tems of charitable organizations may appear to
offer, there can be no question but that in Russia
it held and holds true.
The social condition of Russia is like a tideless
sea, whose sullen quiescence is broken from time
to time by terrific storms which spend themselves
in unavailing fury. Reaction follows upon every
forward motion, and the advance made by each
succeeding generation is barely perceptible.
The Forged Coupon |
