He read through the books lent him by Sviyazhsky, and, having ordered various others that he required, he read books on political economy and socialistic books on the same subject, but, as he had expected, he found nothing in them related to his undertaking.
Leyó los libros que le prestara Sviajsky, tomando notas de lo que no conocía; leyó también otros libros político–económicos y sociológicos que trataban del mismo asunto; pero, como suponía, no halló nada que se refiriese a lo que le interesaba.