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DESTINY OF THE MONGOLS. 



path of good than of evil, and their defects, to use an expression of 

 M. Hue's, are those of ill-trained children. They need, perhaps, but 

 a well-directed impulse to develop their intellect, and guide them 

 onward to a far higher civilization. In the great human family, it is 

 true that as yet they do but fill the children's place, and it is impos- 

 sible to say whether their national genius is capable of any great or 

 lasting work. 



