Resurrection - Translation, Classics Library (003)

Author: Tolstoy
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: Although hundreds of thousands of people gather in a small place, desperately trashing the land they inhabit, covering the ground with stones to prevent anything from growing, clearing every sprout that emerges from the earth, with the thick smoke of burning coal and oil spreading everywhere, with trees being recklessly felled and animals driven away, yet even in such a city, spring remains spring. The sunshine is warm, the grass revives, as long as it is not uprooted completely, it grows and turns green, not only on the grassy sidewalks but also in the cracks of the paving stones. Birch, poplar, and rowan trees sprout sticky, fragrant new leaves, and the trees swell with bursting buds. Crows, sparrows, and doves, filled with the joy of spring, are already cheerfully building their nests, and even the flies warmed by the sunshine are buzzing at the base of the walls. Plants, birds, insects, and children are all vibrant and joyful. Only humans, only adults, continue to deceive and torment themselves and others. People believe that what is sacred and important is not this spring morning, not the beauty of the world bestowed by God to bless all living creatures, the beauty that promotes peace, harmony, and love...