“Everyone agrees that no book has ever generated so many varied interpretations as Selected Passages from Correspondence with Friends.” And what is most remarkable, which has not happened, perhaps, in any literature before, is that the subject of discussion and criticism was not the book, but the author. Every word was examined with suspicion and distrust, and everyone vying with each other hurried to declare the source from which it came. That terrible anatomy was performed on the living body of a still living person, which makes even someone gifted with a strong build break into a cold sweat. However, no matter how shocking and offensive many of the conclusions and conclusions were for a noble and honest man, but, holding myself together, as much as my little strength was enough, I decided to endure everything and take this opportunity as an indication from above - to look more strictly at myself...”