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Saturday,27November
11
Today,oneofoursoldiers,EstateGogiashviliofLamiskanavillage
wentonleaveandIaskedhimtotakemylettertoFatherIse.Letuswait
fortheFather’sresponse.Hemayfinallyfigureouthowtowritesome-
thingbacktome.
UlfanianandSelezniovseemtobeinabadmood.Thereasonisun-
knowntome.Ifeelpityforthesemen,especiallyforSelezniovsoImust
trytospeakandbecomefriendlywiththem.
Todaytheheadofthebattery4spokeofarrangingaschoolhere.He
definitelywantsmetostartteachingthere.Notatall!Whataninterest
formetoteachsomeone?Idonotintendtogoforit!IncaseIconsent
toteaching,Iwillcertainlytrytobringknowledgeandtoshowpeoplein
darknesswhatthelightofeducationis,butIamunabletodoitrightnow,
whenIamonthevergeofanervousbreakdown.Itmayevenmakemy
healthworsen.Generalprincipleswillnotdomeanygoodandincase
Ibecomesickwithtuberculosis,Iamlost.
Sometimes,Iamterriblyselfishbutthisisduetothedesiretopreserve
akindofchildishnessandsimplicityoftheheart,aswellastomain-
tainfreshnessofimpressionsandthesoullikeaclean,andanunwritten
board.ImusttoputmyfaithinGod!“Noonecanchangethatwhichis
decreed;thatwhichisnottobewillnotbe,”saysRustaveli.5
TomorrowisSunday.ImustsendalettertoMissLaundenbach.Iam
soashamedthatIhavenotdoneittillnow.IsentmynoteinGermanto
Duffel6andnowIcannotwaittohearfromhim.Hedidmealotofgood,
butuptonowIhavenotwrittenaseparateletterofgratitudeinresponse.
Ishalldoittomorrowbutwhatpreventsmefromdoingitrightaway?
Definitely,somethinghasbeenwrongwithmelately.ItisclearIhave
developedapathy.Iamalmostoftoolazytodoanything.Meretrifling,
evenasimplewordcaninsultandgivemejitters.
4
InfantrybrigadesoftheGeorgianarmy.Theyincludedabrigadeadministration,fourinfantry
battalionsandanartillerydivision.Thelattercomprisingofthreebatteries.Accordingtothedeploy-
mentoftheyear1919,the3rdartillerybattalionwasstationedinthecityofGori.Butduetothede-
vastatingearthquakein1920,theartillerydivisionwithitsthreebatterieswasmovedtoAkaltsikhe.
GrigolPeradzeservedinthe3rdinfantrybrigadeofthe3rdbatteryoftheartillerydivision.
5
ShotaRustaveli,orRustveli(1160/1165-?)—greatGeorgianpoetandthinkerofthe12th
century,theauthoroftheGeorgianclassicTheKnightinthePanther’sSkin.In1960,agroupof
GeorgianscientistscomprisingofIrakliAbashidze,GriogiTsereteliandAkakiShanidze,discovered
hisportraitdepictedonapillarattheJerusalemCrossMonastery.LegendhasitthatRustavelidied
atthesamemonastery.
6
Theidentityofthispersonremainsunknown.
