. Review of reviews and world's work. tive government, inasmuch as it entails of itself the principle of party politics, may be relegated tothe shade of Acheron. Before proceeding to an enumeration or a de-tailed account of the political tenets held by theparties now in process of development, M. Ko-valevski bids the enthusiast put aside the notionthat Czardora is as yet in danger of the fate thatovertook the Bourbons. It must be rememberedthat the Ozar is the head of the Church ofRussia as well as of the empire. The sacrosanctregard for him held by the peasant (and thepeasant represents 80 pe
. Review of reviews and world's work. tive government, inasmuch as it entails of itself the principle of party politics, may be relegated tothe shade of Acheron. Before proceeding to an enumeration or a de-tailed account of the political tenets held by theparties now in process of development, M. Ko-valevski bids the enthusiast put aside the notionthat Czardora is as yet in danger of the fate thatovertook the Bourbons. It must be rememberedthat the Ozar is the head of the Church ofRussia as well as of the empire. The sacrosanctregard for him held by the peasant (and thepeasant represents 80 per cent, of the population)transcends the understanding of men who havenot lived in the land. The Czar is, for themuzhik,what Alohammed is for the pious Moslem,—only second to the Creator Himself. The idea,tlierefore, of an elective presidency in Russiamust be deferred till the people who cultivate thesoil have learned the truth, by education. Apart from the Conservative, or Autocratic, 616 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REl^lElV OF RE^ 1. When a crab has shed his shell (Absolutism) he retiresInto hiding.
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