This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... peasant of Podlasie, formerly Greek-Unitarian, send my complaints to Zaranie that things are getting bad among us, because "they have enveloped us with the narrow circle of a chain and call us to give away our spirits." A struggle began among us for science and spirit. O come, Science, in your white garment ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ... peasant of Podlasie, formerly Greek-Unitarian, send my complaints to Zaranie that things are getting bad among us, because "they have enveloped us with the narrow circle of a chain and call us to give away our spirits." A struggle began among us for science and spirit. O come, Science, in your white garment and illuminate my brethren with the rays of the torch of knowledge! During our hard times of struggle for the Uniate faith we went in close ranks, we held the faith of our fathers and we enlightened ourselves. During whole nights by the light of a small oil-lamp, we peasants--some 20 of us--read together With Fire and Sword, The Deluge, Pan Wolodyowski, Quo Vadis, and many, many other works. We are not accustomed to read only that which our older brethren allow us to read. When everything moves, earth and sun and stars, when nothing in the universe stands till, nothing says: "Enough of this movement; of this work," we won't stand still either; we wish to know the works of God. We rejoiced that we are also Poles and Catholics, that we should rest after 30 years of struggle when freedom of belief was granted and the Russian government permitted the Uniates to become Catholics. During the free days of 1905 we saw our different would-bebenefactors and excellencies aristocrats when they refused to have their hands kissed, saying that we and they are men alike, only they are more instructed. It is true that before 1905 we did not know them and they did not know us; but today again they don't know us, they are again excellencies, and we are "Hams." The people of Podlasie wept with bloody tears when some monster, some godless man robbed the miraculous image of God's Mother in Czgstochowa. Everybody among us has been...
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