. All the Russias; travels and studies in contemporary European Russia, Finland, Siberia, the Caucasus, & Central Asia. THE CITY AMU HARBOUK bring you to Helsingfors, and here you are really in Finland ofto-day. The Finn has an enthusiastic admiration for the capitalof his country, which could be pathetic if it had not so good abasis of justification. Indeed, I doubt if any of the capitals ofthe world which count their age by centuries and their inhabi-tants by millions, evoke such a patriotic appreciation as this littleplace of 85,000 people which only began to exist in its presentform within
. All the Russias; travels and studies in contemporary European Russia, Finland, Siberia, the Caucasus, & Central Asia. THE CITY AMU HARBOUK bring you to Helsingfors, and here you are really in Finland ofto-day. The Finn has an enthusiastic admiration for the capitalof his country, which could be pathetic if it had not so good abasis of justification. Indeed, I doubt if any of the capitals ofthe world which count their age by centuries and their inhabi-tants by millions, evoke such a patriotic appreciation as this littleplace of 85,000 people which only began to exist in its presentform within the lifetime of some now living. In certain respectsI have never seen any city like it. It appears to have no slums,no rookeries, no tumble-down dwellings of the poor, no criminal FINLAND 69
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