He failed, and Nikolai ended up dead. This is the heart of the letter, Chekhov’s list of the qualities of a civilized man — this, in contrast to the false life Nikolai was living at the time.

Here's an excerpt from a treasured letter the great man wrote to me in 1990: "Kindness and compassion towards all living things is a mark of a civilized society. Conversely, cruelty, whether it is ...

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that no civilized society will allow the desecration of the holy personages, symbols and the Divine Books in the name of freedom of expression. In a tweet today, ...

The Renaissance Society of Sacramento provides opportunities for participatory lifelong learning and community engagement for older adults. Our learning opportunities include programs on widely varied ...

Paradoxically, Göbekli Tepe appeared to be both a harbinger of the civilized world that was to ... provided a new explanation of how complex society began. Childe thought that agriculture came ...

This earned the nations the designation of the "Five Civilized Tribes." They adopted this policy of assimilation in an attempt to coexist with settlers and ward off hostility. But it only made ...

"A civilized society does not operate that way. And I believe we are a civilized society." This was the brief response of ...

The International Society, located on Oxford Road, is a busy centre for international students based in the Manchester area. The society has more than 6,000 members from more than 130 different ...

At Alzheimer’s Society we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. We do this by giving help to those living with dementia today, and providing hope for the future. Find ...

Since its founding in 1956, the Asia Society has sought to explain the diversity of Asia to the United States and the complexity of the United States to Asia. For more than 60 years, the Asia Society ...

Civilized Cycles was set up by long-term cyclist and biker Zachary Schieffelin, also the founder and CEO of Vespa Soho, America’s largest Vespa dealership. Schieffelin has been in the e-bike game for ...