Christianity and Patriotism

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Excerpt from Christianity and Patriotism: With Pertinent Extract From Other Essays Christianity and Patriotism, by Count Tolstoy, was published in Russian in 1895 at Geneva, Switzerland, where, however, it enjoyed but a limited circulation since its readers were restricted to the Russian exiles residing in Western Europe. The present translation appeared originally in The Open Court, and is now republished on account of the prevalent interest in Russian affairs. At the time of its first appearance, the Countess Tatiana Tolstoy, in the name of her father, wrote as follows to the Editor of The Open Court, for the purpose of authorizing the present translation: "My father bade me write and tell you that he will be very happy to have his sketch appear in your journal, which he appreciates very much, and always reads with great interest and pleasure." Our frontispiece, which is from a photograph taken in Moscow, is highly characteristic of the extraordinary Russian. In addition to the essay on "Christianity and Patriotism, " we include in this little book a number of extracts which characterize the world-conception of Tolstoy. That we do not agree with the venerable author in some of his most essential views, does not prevent us from admiring his earnestness and genius. Our readers will find an appreciative criticism of his views in the epilogue. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.