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Why should I give it to your community rather than to the Deminsky community?" Deminsky was a neighboring village with very little land. They were all silent. Only the ex-soldier said, "Yes, sir." "And now tell me how would you distribute the land?" "How? We would give each an equal share," said an oven-builder, rapidly raising and lowering his eyebrows. "How else?

Again, the people that worked their own shares would multiply, and the landlords would again get the landless into their power." "Yes, sir," the ex-soldier hastily assented. "The selling of land should be prohibited; only those that cultivate it themselves should be allowed to own it," said the oven-builder, angrily interrupting the soldier.

"There will be incessant fighting among them," said the white-bearded peasant with the shining eyes. "The women will scratch each other's eyes out." "The next important question is," said Nekhludoff, "how to divide the land according to quality. You cannot give black soil to some and clay and sand to others." "Let each have a part of both," said the oven-builder.

Then every one would share equally. If you want to use land pay for it more for the good, less for the bad land. If you do not wish to use land, don't pay anything, and those who use the land will pay the taxes and the communal expenses for you." "Well, he had a head, this George," said the oven-builder, moving his brows. "He who has good land must pay more."

But as it is difficult to determine how much anyone should pay, and to whom, and as society needs money for common utilities, let every land owner pay to society the full value of his land less, if it is poorer; more, if it is better. And those who do not wish to own land will have their taxes paid by the land owners." "That's correct," said the oven-builder.

A little, almost beardless old fellow, blind in one eye, who sat by the side of the patriarch, and had a patched nankeen coat and old boots on, and, as Nekhludoff found out later, was an oven-builder, understood much better. This man moved his brows quickly, attending to Nekhludoff's words with an effort, and at once repeated them in his own way.

Those who live by working the land will multiply, and land will again be scarce. Then the rich will again get those who need land into their power." "Just so," quickly said the ex-soldier. "Forbid to sell the land; let only him who ploughs it have it," angrily interrupted the oven-builder. To this Nekhludoff replied that it was impossible to know who was ploughing for himself and who for another.

Why, to your commune, and not to that of Deminsk." Then the ex-soldier said, "Just so." "Now, then, tell me how would you divide the land among the peasants if you had to do it?" said Nekhludoff. "We should divide it up equally, so much for every man," said the oven-builder, quickly raising and lowering his brows. "How else?