Page:The Complete Works of Lyof N. Tolstoi - 11 (Crowell, 1899).djvu/181

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CHURCH AND STATE
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Tolstoï's work in English, he would ask his critics to remember that he too, like Kant, dearly loves his pipe."

If that be really the explanation of the quality of the work,—"Vicious Pleasures" should be of value to the anti-tobacco league—as a fearful warning. Excepting for that purpose I doubt whether it can be of use to any one.

The present version will, I hope, be found intelligible by those who approach it with an open mind.