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He took up his book again. "Very good, electricity and heat are

the same thing; but is it possible to substitute the one quantity

for the other in the equation for the solution of any problem?

No. Well, then what of it? The connection between all the forces

of nature is felt instinctively.... It's particulary nice if

Pava's daughter should be a red-spotted cow, and all the herd

will take after her, and the other three, too! Splendid! To go

out with my wife and visitors to meet the herd.... My wife says,

'Kostya and I looked after that calf like a child.' 'How can it

interest you so much?' says a visitor. 'Everything that interests

him, interests me.' But who will she be?" And he remembered what

had happened at Moscow.... "Well, there's nothing to be done....

It's not my fault. But now everything shall go on in a new way.

It's nonsense to pretend that life won't let one, that the past

won't let one. One must struggle to live better, much better."...