乔治卡尔德龙译
    在他的信他的姑婆1，亚历山德拉夫娜托尔斯泰，我的父亲给他的子女如下描述：
    最年长的[俄]是金发女郎，漂亮的，有什么薄弱，表现在他的耐心，也很温和。他的笑是不会传染，但是当他哭，我几乎不能不要哭，也。每个人说他像我大哥的。
    我不敢相信。这是好得令人难以置信。我哥哥的主要特征是没有自私，也不自我放弃，但两者之间严格的意思。他从来没有为任何牺牲别人自己，但总是回避，不仅损人，而且还与他们干扰。他履行了他的幸福和他的苦难完全是他自己。
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    TRANSLATED BY GEORGE CALDERON
    IN one of his letters to his great-aunt, Alexandra Andreyevna Tolstoy, my father gives the following description of his children:
    The eldest [Sergei] is fair-haired and good-looking; there is something weak and patient in his expression, and very gentle. His laugh is not infectious; but when he cries, I can hardly refrain from crying, too. Every one says he is like my eldest brother.
    I am afraid to believe it. It is too good to be true. My brother's chief characteristic was neither egotism nor self- renunciation, but a strict mean between the two. He never sacrificed himself for any one else; but not only always avoided injuring others, but also interfering with them. He kept his happiness and his sufferings entirely to himself.