For it’s so clear that in order to begin to live in the present we must first redeem the past, and that can only be done by suffering, by strenuous, uninterrupted labour.
Trofimov — in Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, Act II
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- The Cherry Orchard, Act II; translated by Julius West (1916); Exact wording and attribution checked. Spoken by Trofimov, a fictional character, in The Cherry Orchard, Act II. He is discussing the estate’s inheritance from serf-owning ancestors; redeeming the past has a social and historical meaning.
- The Cherry Orchard, Act II; translated by Julius West (1916)
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