. With the world's people : an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social evolution, and present conditions and promise of the principal families of men : together with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . ergence of Rus-sia from barbarism. A great advantagewas thus gained on the score of ducit—the leader leads. A nationonce gaining possession of the sea and aknowledge of the lines of communicationand methods of transmarine trade willreadily hold such advantage, keepingback new aspirants from the profits aris-ing ther
. With the world's people : an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social evolution, and present conditions and promise of the principal families of men : together with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning . ergence of Rus-sia from barbarism. A great advantagewas thus gained on the score of ducit—the leader leads. A nationonce gaining possession of the sea and aknowledge of the lines of communicationand methods of transmarine trade willreadily hold such advantage, keepingback new aspirants from the profits aris-ing therefrom. In the second place, the situation of 158 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. Russia, both geographical and political,has conspired against her and preventedher commercial development. Iler vastterritories and small seacoast have com-bined to check the commercial want of means of communicationfrom the interior has hindered the accu-mulation of the resources of trade at beginning of the eighteenth centm y didthe commercial life obtain the favor oftlie czars, and then for the first time theobstructions to that manner of enterprisewere discovered. Vainly did Czar Peter beat againstthe barriers of nature. Vainly did heseek an outlet for the energies of his. ARCHITECTURE.—Palace of Paul I at Moscow.—Drawn A. de Bar. those few points from which only foreigncommerce might be undertaken. Greathave been the impediments in these par-ticulars. The establishment of the oldcapital of the empire and central seat ofthe Slavic nations at ^Moscow tended todrawback the energies of all the Russiansfrom the seaward draft. The policylong pursued by the government con-curred with these geographical and po-litical disadvantages. Not until the race and people in the direction of theseaboard. Vainly did he czar Peter at-transfer his capital to the rtfcomr?: cold gulf of the north, cialinterest. The results did not, and could not, an-swer to his expectation and genius. Tothe present time th
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