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— Those who have profited by the study of Veischoyle's " His- 

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— The Chautauquan for October has several illustrated articles 

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— The present condition of the peasants in the Russian empire 

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 and published by the Academy, Every one remembers the en- 

 thusiasm which greeted the emancipation of the serfs by Alexan- 

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 serves credit for what he wished to do rather than for what he 

 did. It is somewhat startling to be told by one who speaks from 

 careful personal observation of the existing conditions that the 

 authority of which the Seigneurs were stripped has only been 

 transferred to the mir. This word and the system for which it 

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