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From the Blogs: More Discussion about Nekhlyudov

Student Blogs

If you haven't wandered by the blogs recently. you've mised out on some thoughtful ideas.

SizzLorr! explores the nature of Nekhlyudov's complex effort to reform his life.
Dayna finds herself despairing in the face of Nekhlyudov's continuing failures.
Mgilbert thinks that Nekhlyudov's generosity is a facade.
Lhartely explores the idea of morality and its impact on our judgment of Nekhlyudov and ourselves.
MCButler thinks that Nek. is acting out of selfishness.
BrittanyJean wonders about the answer for land reform, given the failure of communism.

These (and other) posts have been quite impressive; keep it up!

October 25, 2007/by dpogreba

Montana is a Pretty State

Deep Thoughts

I'm not much of a photographer, but it turns out that Montana is a lovely state in the fall.

October 22, 2007/by dpogreba

Letters Between Tolstoy and Gandhi

Student Blogs

If any of you are intereted, this link has the letters between Tolstoy and Gandhi, written in 1909-1910, near the end of Tolstoy's life and the beginning of Gandhi's work in South Africa. From Tolstoy to Gandhi:

The longer I live-especially now when I clearly feel the approach of
death-the more I feel moved to express what I feel more strongly than
anything else, and what in my opinion is of immense importance, namely,
what we call the renunciation of all opposition by force, which really
simply means the doctrine of the law of love unperverted by
sophistries. Love, or in other words the striving of men's souls
towards unity and the submissive behaviour to one another that results
therefrom, represents the highest and indeed the only law of life, as
every man knows and feels in the depths of his heart…

October 17, 2007/by dpogreba

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