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...Virgin Soil by Ivan S. T urgenev T ranslated from the Russian by R. S. T ownsend A Penn State Electronic Classics Series... ...Virgin Soil by Ivan S. T urgenev T ranslated from the Russian by R. S. T ownsend A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publicat... ... vania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for an... ...ania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the m... ...unity university. 3 Turgenev Virgin Soil by Ivan S. T urgenev T ranslated from the Russian by R. S. Townsend INTRODUCTION T urgenev was the first wri... ...versity. 3 Turgenev Virgin Soil by Ivan S. T urgenev T ranslated from the Russian by R. S. Townsend INTRODUCTION T urgenev was the first writer who w... ...outlived his youth without forgetting its pangs, joys, mortifications, and love-songs. In Nejdanov it is another picture of that youth which we see—yo... ...e them.” He had the same extreme susceptibility to the moods of nature. He loved her first for herself, and then with a sense of those inherited primi... ...e was surrounded by a sort of mist, which seemed to hang before him like a filmy curtain, separating him from 73 Turgenev the rest of the world. And ...

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...ent; that of La Plata comes next in space, and probably in habitable capacity, having about eight-ninths of its area; then comes that of the Yenisei, with about seven-ninths; the Lena, Amoor, Hoang-ho, Yang-tse-kiang, and Nile, fiveninths; the Ganges, less than one-half; the Indus, less than one-third; the Euphrates, one-fifth; the Rhine, one-fifteenth. It exceeds in exten...

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...our through Six offer a prescription for positive change. Therein, we learn how we can use our spirits to build a personally peaceful life in harmony with all of Creation.For the first time ever, the timeless principles of Kabbalah are explained f...

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...inted in Canada No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of br... ...rther his scientific research. He received his PhD in Philosophy and Kabbalah from the Moscow Institute of Philosophy at the Russian Academy of Scie... ...hD in Philosophy and Kabbalah from the Moscow Institute of Philosophy at the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1976, he began studying Kabbalah, and h... ...m (Ladder) commentary on The Book of Zohar. Mi- chael Laitman was so impressed with Baal HaSulam’s son, that he became Baruch Ashlag’s closest discip... ...ent years he was awarded honorary PhDs in the United States, Canada, Finland, Russia, and Hungary. In recognition of his commitment to global un- der... ...he world’s popu- lation. On average, more than 6,000 children perish each day from diarrhea caused by polluted water. In many parts of the world, vio... ...ey no longer related to others as kin and to Nature as home. Hatred replaced love, and people grew apart and became detached from one another. In c... ...tting promoted at work when we didn’t deserve it, or taking our best friend’s loved one away from them. The real news about egoism is not that human... ...ning the second is the actual goal. Let’s clarify this with an example. In the film, What the Bleep Do We Know!?, Dr. Candace Pert explains that if ...

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...rtantly, it is about the best way to get there. In this neatly structured composition, every part speaks of a different aspect of Kabbalah. It starts with our perception of reality, our perception of the Creator, and the evolution of our soul in the spiritual worlds (including explanatory drawings). The book also clears up misconceptions about Kabbalah and explains, in pla...

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...rinted in Canada. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brie... ... realizing that, by changing our perspective, we might be able to better cope with our day-to-day problems. This perspec- tive determines our reactio... ...ings. However, because the sensory organs of non-human creatures would differ from ours, they would see the world as completely differ- ent from us. ... ..., it is possible that another creature’s sensory organs would be so different from ours, it might exist in a different dimension without ever encoun... ...ee will change, as well. It is not like a movie theatre playing 125 different films, one for each degree, because there is only the Simple Upper Lig... ...will receive an immediate favorable response from Above. The intensity of the love between a person and the Creator is de- termined by the agony of o... ...(small talk). When Kabbalah students gather, they should not talk about their love for the Creator and for one another. This is only expressing their... ...Lutzato (Ramchal) wrote about such assemblies, as well as other Kabbalists in Russia, among which are some of the greatest teachers of the previous ... ...ified if only to stop the pain. A rabbi was once sent to an imprisoned man in Russia. He was in a very poor mental state, without any knowledge of H...

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...lvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for an... ...ania State University nor Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, nor anyone associated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the m... ...N TION TION T o a Polish Lady. Daughter of an enslaved land, angel through love, witch through fancy, child by faith, aged by experience, man in brain... ...gh sor- rows, poet in thy dreams, —to thee belongs this book, in which thy love, thy f ancy, thy experience, thy sorrow, thy hope, thy dreams, are the... ...O CTOBER, 1829, Monsieur Simon Babylas Latournelle, notary, was walking up from Havre to Ingouville, arm in arm with his son and accompanied by his wi... ...nice,” the notary looked about to see if any one could overhear him either from the terrace above or the path beneath, and when he spoke he lowered hi... ... sheathed in Northern woods carved and cut in open-work like the beautiful Russian chalets. The little antechamber formed by the landing and the well ... ...e was seated, for the rea- son that both eyes were covered with the yellow film pro- duced by cataract. Madame Mignon may be sketched in one sentence.... ... Legion of honor and major of a regiment of cavalry. Taken prisoner by the Russians he was sent, like so many others, to Siberia. He made the journey ...