# What to Do? Thoughts Evoked By the Census of Moscow

Author: Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910; Hapgood, Isabel Florence, 1850-1928 [Translator]

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3541

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## Summary

I had lived all my life out of town. When, in 1881, I went to live in Moscow, the poverty of the town greatly surprised me. I am familiar with poverty in the country; but city poverty was new and incomprehensible to me. In Moscow it was impossible to pass along the street without encountering beggars, and especially beggars who are unlike those in the country. These beggars do not go about with their pouches in the name of Christ, as country beggars are accustomed to do, but these beggars are without the pouch and the name of Christ. The Moscow beggars carry no pouches, and do not ask for alms. Generally, when they meet or pass you, they merely try to catch your eye; and, according to you...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/what-to-do-thoughts-evoked-by-the-census-of-moscow-3541/chapters/9/index.md)