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Dead Souls — Chapter 17 Misery and Grandeur of Tchitchikoff. His Opinions in the Lap of Fortune (Part 31 of 31)

The Russian is not only Catholic and Christian at bottom, but he also possesses all the instincts of the genius of initiation. What likelihood, then, is there that he will much longer put up with a semi-pagan system of government, which is the sole cause of his physical and moral discomfort, and which impedes the fruitful march of the nation in its career of progress?