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An anonymous Russian peasant of the nineteenth century sets out to seek the truth, attempting to follow St. Paul's command to \"pray without ceasing.\" By chanting the Jesus Prayer (\"Lord Jesus Christ have mercy on me\"), he attains a greater intimacy with God. Generations of readers, including Christians of all persuasions, have benefited by reading of the pilgrim's attempts to discipline his mind toward a constant awareness of God's presence as manifested through Christ's mercy.\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to its profound theological and philosophical observations,\u003ci\u003e The Way of a Pilgrim\u003c\/i\u003e offers an authentic portrait of Russia's social conditions during the final years of serfdom. 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