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The Cherry Orchard 293
complain of boredom, or drink vodka. It is so plain that,
before we can live in the present, we must first redeem the
past, and have done with it.
Anya. The house we live in has long since ceased to
be our house; I shall go away.
Trophimof. If you have the household keys, throw
them in the well and go away. Be free, be free as the
wind. ... I am hungry as the winter; I am sick, anxious,
poor as a beggar. Fate has tossed me hither and thither;
I have been everywhere, everywhere. But everywhere I
have been, every minute, day and night, my soul has been
full of mysterious anticipations. I feel the approach of
happiness, Anya; I see it coming ... it is coming to
wards us, nearer and nearer; I can hear the sound of its
footsteps. . . . And if we do not see it, if we do not
know it, what does it matter? Others will see it.
The new generation, on the threshold of the
new epoch, hears the approaching footsteps of the
Future. And even if the Anyas and Trophimofs
of to-day will not see it, others will.
It was not given to Anton Tchekhof to see it
with his bodily eyes. But his prophetic vision be
held the coming of the New Day, and with power
ful pen he proclaimed it, that others might see it.
Far from being a pessimist, as charged by unintelli
gent critics, his faith was strong in the possibilities
of liberty.
This is the inspiring message of
"
The Cherry
Orchard."
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