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He fills up his place, and without the least remorse like a tradesman behind his counter he sells his influence as if it were merchandise. It happens now and then that he is caught. 'Served him right, say his comrades then; 'take bribes, but take them prudently, so as not to be caught." "But they are not all as you describe them," remarked Vassily Ivanovitsch. "Certainly not.
"A splendid fellow the Russian peasant a splendid fellow indeed;" interrupted Vassily Ivanovitsch. "And, nevertheless, we disdain him, we look at him with contempt; nay, more, instead of making any effort to cultivate his mind, we try to spoil it by every possible means." "How so?" "By the loathsome establishment we have our household serfs. Our house serf is the first step toward the tchinovnik.
"The ivory mine!" said Sakalar in a low tone to Ivan, who thanked him by an expressive look. "In the Russian peasant lies the embryo of the Russian chivalric spirit, the origin of our nation's grandeur." "Cunning fellows they are, the vagabonds," remarked Vassily Ivanovitsch.
"Well, that's true," remarked Vassily Ivanovitsch. "And besides," continued Ivan Vassilievitsch, "in what country can you find such a strongly-marked and instinctive notion of his duties, such readiness to assist his fellow-creatures, such cheerfulness, such benignity, so much gentleness and strength combined."
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