Chapter II: Part III: Tolstoy's Attitude to His Sufferings 94

The growth of his inner consciousness during the second period of his life. Extracts from the diary for 1884--Differences with his wife--On the border of despair--Feeling of solitude--Memory of his mother and his longing for her (1906)--Striving after God. Extracts from diary and letters from 1889-1910--Family trials--The cross of his life, till the end--His words about Sofya Andreyevna and consciousness of his guilt (from a conversation with, and the letters to Tchertkoff)--The mystery of another's soul--Tolstoy's thoughts that give a general meaning to his interpretation of suffering ("The Reading-Cycle," "The Way of Life").

Appendix I 139

The inevitable one-sidedness of quotations made from Tolstoy's writings for the purposes of the present narrative--His many-sided personality--His power of controlling his sufferings and his natural joy of life--The attainment of the true good.

Appendix II 143

My personal attitude to Tolstoy's wife--The experience and observation of thirty years--My task is not to censure anyone but to vindicate truth.