Itissaid，\"Howcanpeoplelivewithoutgovernments—thatis，withoutviolence？\"Butitshould，onthecontrary，beasked，\"Howcanpeoplewhoarerationallive，acknowledgmgthatthevitalbondoftheirsociallifeisviolence，andnotreasonableagreement？\"
Oneoftwothings—eitherpeoplearerationalorirrationalbeings。
Iftheyareirrationalbeings，thentheyareallirrational，andtheneverythingamongthemisdecidedbyviolence；andthereisnoreasonwhycertainpeopleshouldandothersshouldnothavearighttouseviolence。Andinthatcasegovernmentalviolencehasnojustification。Butifmenarerationalbeings，thentheirrelationsshouldbebasedonreason，andnotontheviolenceofthosewhohappentohaveseizedpower；and，therefore，inthatcase，again，governmentalviolencehasnojustification。*Theartelinitsmostusualformisanassociationofworkmen，oremployees，foreachofwhomthearteliscollectivelyresponsible。—Translator**Serfdomwaslegalisedabout1597byBorisGodunoff，whoforbadethepeasantstoleavethelandonwhichtheyweresettled。Thepeasants’theoryofthematterwasthattheybelongedtotheproprietor，butthelandbelongedtothem。\"Weareyours，butthelandisours，\"wasacommonsayingamongthemtilltheiremancipationunderAlexanderII。，whenmanyofthemfeltthemselvesdefraudedbythearrangementwhichgavehalfthelandtotheproprietors。—Trans。
***Thesokhaisalightplough，suchastheRussianpeasantsmakeanduse。—Trans。
TheSlaveryofOurTimes——Ch14——LeoTolstoyFromTheSlaveryofOurTimesbyLeoTolstoyCHAPTERXIV。