Excerpt from Without Dogma: A Novel of Modern Poland 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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.