THE KREUTZER SONATA
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social peace, such deeds could be permitted as are the wearing of those bodily ornaments which directly provoke sensuality, and which society tolerates in the case of women. Is not this the same as putting traps on all walks and paths? No, it is worse! Why is gambling forbidden, and why are women permitted to appear in garbs which provoke sensuality? They are a thousand times more dangerous.
