Chapter 119 Part Three - Fifteen

Although Novodvorov was respected by all revolutionaries, although he was very learned and considered very intelligent, Nekhludoff regarded him as a revolutionary whose morals were far inferior to ordinary people.This man's intellect - like the numerator - is great, but his valuation of himself - like the denominator - far exceeds his intelligence. This man was the exact opposite of Simonsson in spirit.Simonsson has a masculine quality, the kind of people whose actions are always guided and determined by their own thoughts.Novodvorov, on the other hand, has a feminine temperament. He is a kind of person who thinks about how to achieve the goal determined by emotion and how to justify the action caused by emotion.

Although Novodvorov was able to explain all his revolutionary activities cogently and convincingly, Nekhludoff thought that he was only motivated by vanity, that he wanted to be famous.At first, with his ability to read other people's thoughts and express them accurately, he really ranked first among teachers and students (in secondary schools, universities and master's degree courses) who highly valued this ability. .But when he got his diploma and left school, he couldn't get ahead.Later, as Kryltzov, who disliked Novodvorov, told Nekhludoff, in order to stand out again in the new environment, he suddenly changed his views and transformed himself into a progressive liberal. The red populist.His vanity was gratified by his natural lack of moral and aesthetic qualities of doubt and hesitation, and he soon gained the position of party leader in revolutionary circles.Once he has chosen a direction, he no longer doubts, no longer hesitates, so he believes that he will never make a mistake.He thought everything was so simple and clear that there were never any doubts.Because of his narrow, one-sided point of view, everything does seem simple and clear.According to him, one only needs to have a logical mind.His self-confidence is too strong, so people either respect him at a distance, or obey him.His activities were carried out among young people who tended to take his extreme self-confidence for foresight and insight.In this way, most people obeyed his command, and he gained high prestige in the circle of revolutionaries.His activities are to prepare for riots, to gain power through riots, and then to hold important meetings, and to pass the program drawn up by him at the meeting.He is fully convinced that this program will solve all problems, so it must be implemented.

Comrades respected him for his boldness and decisiveness, but did not like him.He doesn't like anyone either, and regards all outstanding people as his opponents, and always wants to treat them the same way an old monkey treats a young monkey.He would like to deprive people of all wisdom and all talents, lest they prevent him from expressing them.There is only complete and relatively accurate knowledge of those who worship him.Only when he explained the objectivity of truth and the absoluteness of truth did he treat each other with kindness.Now in exile, he treats Marcha, the worker who accepts his propaganda, Vera, who is in love with him, and the beautiful Grabetz, that's it.Although he also advocates solving the women's problem verbally, in his heart he thinks that women are stupid and obscene, except for the women he loves passionately, such as Grabez whom he loves now.Only those women were special, and only he could discover their virtues.

He believes that the relationship between men and women is as simple and clear as all other problems. As long as the freedom of love is admitted, the problem will be completely solved. He had an unofficial wife and another official wife, but later disowned the official wife, thinking that there was no real love between them.Now he intends to conclude a new free marriage with Grabez. Novodvorov looked down on Nekhludoff, thinking that he was "putting on airs" in relation to Maslova; especially because he dared to follow Novodovov in regard to the shortcomings of the existing system and how to correct them. Rove was different, and even dared to have his own ideas. The idea of ​​the Duke was written in four years, but it was not handed down to the world.It is a stupid idea to distinguish "Guwen Shangshu" with Yan Ruoqi.Although Nekhludoff was in a good mood along the way, knowing that Novodvorov had such an attitude towards him, he had no choice but to adopt an eye for an eye, and he could not restrain his extreme dislike for him.