我在从伊尔库次克至彼得堡途中度过的26天,不管是否愿意,忽而充满对可能的未来的幻想,忽而又是对刚刚过去的岁月的回顾。随着离安加拉河越来越远,这不久前的过去的轮廓也越来越固定,就像一幅大画,例如米开兰基罗※的《可怕的审判》上的个体和群象的轮廓一样:靠近它时,除掉很难看全的人的肉体的混乱一团外,什么也看不出,可是从远处看,这是一幅有条不紊地考虑得周到细致的图画,有着一定的布局。这个比拟虽然有些造作,但如果说伊尔库次 The 26 days I spent on the way from Irkutsk to Petersburg, irrespective of willingness, filled the illusion of a possible future, and then the review of the years that passed. As it moves farther and farther away from the Angara River, the contours of this past past have become more and more fixed, just like individuals and groups of elephants in the “terrible trial” of a large painting such as Michelangelo The outline of the same: near it, get rid of the chaos of the body is difficult to see all the people, can not see anything, but from a distance, this is an orderly way to consider thoughtful and meticulous drawings, with a certain Layout. Although this comparison made some, but if Irkutsk