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September 8
The knowledge we now accept as science interferes with more than it supports the goodness of human life.
Astronomy, mechanics, physics, chemistry, and all other sciences together and differently, all study the particular sides of life, but they do not come to any conclusion about the spiritual life of mankind.
Science fulfills its purpose, not when it explains the reasons for the dark spots on the sun, but when it understands and explains the laws of our own life, and the consequences of violating these laws.
—John Ruskin
~No matter how great our knowledge may he, it cannot help us fulfill our life’s major purpose—our moral perfection.~










In all of the book's original Russian-language editions, Tolstoy highlighted on each page the one quote that most succinctly expressed the day's theme. In our version, these quotes have been bookended with an audio cue and visual effect. It is also marked in the text above with the ~ symbol.

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