“However, according to Leland A. Feltzer, "Tolstoy and Mormonism", Dialogue 6, no. 1 (Spring 1971): 13-29, DOI:10.2307/45227501, Yate likely misremembered the interview. No other contemporaneous evidence corroborates the claim that White visited Tolstoy's estate, and Tolstoy was suspicious of organized religion, making this compliment improbable.”

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