Tolstoy the intellectual czar of all the Russians
Tolstoy, on the eve of his eightieth birthday, emerges as a daring critic of czarist rule. The piece chronicles his life from Yasnaya Polyana birth in 1828, through War and Peace and Anna Karenina, to his excommunication, austere living, and radical views on land, government, and moral reform. It notes his influence, writings, and the Tolstoy cult’s mixed reception among Russians.
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Tolstoy
Uecourt
Peter Tolstoy
Peter the Great
Count Lyev
Lee Tolstoy
Yasnia Polyana
Kazan
Caucasus
Moscow
Tolstay
Man
Sevadopol
Alexander II
Tolates
Kreutzer
Continents
Christ
Sophie Witte
Count Witte
You Are a Man Now Pay the Freight on Your Duty
A father speaks to his twenty one year old son, stressing cost and sacrifice of raising him. He recalls hard work, hungry dinners, and gray hair, urges the son to honor his parents by becoming steadfast, moral, and continually improving. He warns the world will test him and urges him to live as a true man.
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Yasnia Polyana
America
England
Kissia
Son
Sonny
Tolstoy as two figures born from religious crisis
The article traces Leo Tolstoy’s transformation from a dissipated aristocrat to a writer of global influence after his 1878 religious crisis. It recounts his early life, Crimean War service, swift literary rise, and the shift from worldly scandal to a moral, gospel centered philosophy guiding his subsequent works. It notes his conflict with Tolstoyan thought and his struggle against censorship and state authority represented by 1908 ukase actions.
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Gan
Tolstoy
Sebastopol
St. Petersburg
Faust
Tartar
Philosopher
Hawks Attack Swimmer At Asbury Park
Two large fishhawks harassed William Prell, a Congress Tall musician, while he swam a hundred yards from shore in Asbury Park. Surrounded by a school of weak fish, he struggled to stay afloat until Life Guard Jackson launched a lifeboat and brought him safely to shore.
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Asbury Park
N. J
William Prell
Congress Tall
Frell
Jackson
Prell
Trials of the Rich Wealth and Worry Across Years
A widowlike tale follows a poor bright man and his wife as wealth grows from modest savings to millions. Each new milestone brings anxiety over repairs taxes mortgages tenants stocks and bonds. The wife fears money’s instability while society congratulates wealth. The Bohemia tale ends with persistent unease despite rising fortune.
Conceit and concealment among us in human nature
A compact reflection notes that everyone has some conceit. It observes that some individuals are more skilled at concealing their vanity than others, highlighting the universal tendency toward self-regard while contrasting open and hidden pride.
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Osteopath
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Washington
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G. P
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Minn
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Court House
J. J. Kellogg
Attorney-At-Law
South Side Square
W. M. Butterfield
Eicher & Livingston
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Dewey
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J. Wilson
Wilson
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Washington County Savin Bank
W. M. Keeley
P. J. Hanley
J. B. Cratl
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