Welcome to the life of an urbanite: "During the first weeks of his stay in Petersburg Prince Andrei found all the habits of thought he had formed while living in seclusion entirely eclipsed by the petty preoccupations that engrossed him in that city. On returning home in the evening he would jot down in his memorandum book four or five unavoidable visits or appointments for specified hours. The mechanics of life, the arrangement of the day so as to be on time everywhere, absorbed the greater part of his vital energy. He did nothing, did not even think or find time to think, and only talked, and talked well, of what he had had time to think about in the country. He sometimes noticed with dissatisfaction that he repeated the same remark on the same day in different circles. But he was so busy for whole days together that he had no time to think about the fact that he was doing nothing. "
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 12:59:24 +0000
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