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New York.
LESSON OF "THE KREUTZER SONATA."
I have received, and still continue to receive, numbers of letters from
persons who are perfect strangers to me, asking me to state in plain
and simple language my own views on the subject handled in the story
entitled "The Kreutzer Sonata." With this request I shall now endeavor
to comply.
My views on the question may be succinctly stated as follows: Without
entering into details, it will be generally admitted that I am accurate
in saying that many people condone in young men a course of conduct with
regard to the other sex which is incompatible with strict morality,
and that this dissoluteness is pardoned generally. Both parents and
the government, in consequence of this view, may be said to wink at
profligacy, and even in the last resource to encourage its practice. I
am of opinion that this is not right.
It is not possible that the health of one class should necessitate the
ruin of another, and, in consequence, it is our first duty to turn a
deaf ear to such an essential immoral doctrine, no matter how strongly
society may have established or law protected it. Moreover, it needs to
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