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A BIOGRAPHY
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money for its own sake had never been a temptation,
and who had never been attracted by the advantages
it could offer, had thrown his whole soul into their
undertakings, and it seemed as if, to his nature, defeat
and failure were absolutely crushing. Sönya, on the
other hand, with rare courage, not only bowed to the
inevitable, but also threw herself with renewed zeal
into fresh pin-suits.
She succeeded in averting the impending crisis in
their finances. She shunned neither effort nor
humiliation. She went round to the friends who had been
interested in their ventures, and offered terms which
satisfied all parties. She thus earned her husband’s
intense gratitude and admiration. Again their
fortunes seemed secured; but the diabolic being who had
terrified Sönya in her dream now crossed their path
in dread reality.
A kind of adventurer, with whom Kovalévsky had
come into contact through his ventures, now tried
to involve hirn in new and yet more dangerous
speculations.
Sönya, who read character well at first sight,
contracted such an immediate and strong aversion to this
man that she could not endure his presence in her
house. She entreated her husband to break with
him and return to scientific pursuits. But in vain.
Vladimir, in 1881, was made Professor of Paleontology
at the University of Moscow, and there he settled with
his family; but he could not tear himself away from
speculation, which now took wilder flights than ever.
Petroleum-springs in the interior of Russia attracted
his attention. He hoped to gain millions for himself
while increasing and developing Russian industries.
He was so blinded by his coadjutor that he would not
listen to his wife’s warnings. As he could not induce
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