Russia in 1839 -Empire of the Czar: A Journey Through Eternal Russia

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does not surprise me : the wonder is, that among the voices that relate these things to the glory of this individual, not one separates itself from the universal chorus, to protest in favour of humanity, against such autocratic miracles. It may be said of the Russians, great and small, that they arc drunk with slavery.