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THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE 
A TURKISH PEASANT 
, ., ''^* should not be forgotten that Turkey of today is not the Turkey depicted in our 
child s history, nor is it in fact the same country that it was three years ago. The people of 
Turkey as a body have long since passed from the pale of the 'unspeakable Turk,' and many 
of them stand out as the peers of any people in the world in general intelligence, character, 
and all the qualities that go to make good citizens ; but of course as vet they are wanting in 
sufficient experience to guide without assistance the ship of state to the high plane at which 
they are aiming" (see page 53). 
