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Rh join it. By refusing to share in the exploitation of humanity. By renouncing wealth and ownership of the soil, and by refusing to serve the State.

But this is not sufficient. One “must not lie,” nor be afraid of the truth. One “must repent,” and uproot the pride that is implanted by education. Finally, one must work with one’s hands. “Thou shalt win thy bread in the sweat of thy brow” is the first commandment and the most essential. And Tolstoy, replying in advance to the ridicule of the elect, maintains that physical labour does not in any way decrease the energy of the intellect; but that, on the contrary, it increases it, and that it responds to the normal demand of nature. Health can only