Anna Karenina Part 4 Chapter 10

In which a group of gentlemen engage in lively debate over the merits of classical versus scientific education, reflecting on the moral weight and intellectual development each imparts, while their conversation deftly shifts to the entwined subjects of women's education and social rights. Their discourse reveals the era's deep social complexities and personal convictions, rendered with a gentle humour and subtle irony that garnish their earnest reflections.