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Bethink Yourselves!

Leo Tolstoy

Essay written in 1904 at the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War: it describes the war fever of both peoples, Christians and Buddhists, betraying their own religions, and calls on each individual to refuse to kill. Published in England.

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Translated by V. G. Chertkov · 14 chapters · 1 h reading

  1. 1«Bethink Yourselves!»1′
  2. 2“BETHINK YOURSELVES!”1′
  3. 3I3′
  4. 4II4′
  5. 5III3′
  6. 6IV4′
  7. 7V4′
  8. 8VI4′
  9. 9VII3′
  10. 10VIII4′
  11. 11IX5′
  12. 12X4′
  13. 13XI6′
  14. 14XII15′
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