Henryk Sienkiewicz 
Without Dogma 
A Novel of Modern Poland

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Here is a nature so sensitive that it photographs every impression, an artistic temperament, a highly endowed organism; yet it produces nothing. The se cret of this unproductiveness lies perhaps in a cer tain tendency to analyze and philosophize away every strong emotion that should lead to action. Here is a man in possession of two distinct selves, – the one emotional, active; the other eternally occupied in self-contemplation, judgment, and criticism. The one paralyzes the other He defines himself as a genius without a portfolio, just as there are certain minis ters-oi – state without portfolios.