" "Yes, I knew your idea of the solution of the labor question.

" "Not a bit: in Russia there can be no labor question.

In Russia the question is that of the relation of the working people to the land; though the question exists there too--but there it's a matter of repairing what's been ruined, while with us..." Stepan Arkadyevitch listened attentively to Levin.

"Yes, yes!" he said, "it's very possible you're right.