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Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.

Whatever you may say, the body depends on the soul.

Nikolai Gogol
Soul, Literature, Body

This was not the old Chichikov. This was some wreckage of the old Chichikov. The inner state of his soul might be compared to a demolished building, which has been demolished so that from it a new one could be built; but the new one has not been started yet, because the infinitive plan has not yet come from the architect and the workers are left in perplexity.

Nikolai Gogol
Soul, Might, Wreckage
Nikolai Gogol (2011). “Dead Souls: A Novel”, p.390, Vintage

[F]or contemporary judgment does not recognize that much depth of soul is needed to light up the picture drawn from contemptible life and elevate it into a pearl of creation.

Nikolai Gogol
Light, Soul, Depth
Nikolai Gogol (2011). “Dead Souls: A Novel”, p.134, Vintage

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