Travelogues; . &I. ISAAC S I08 ST. PETERSBURG the First, points to-day the same lesson that Peter learnedand taught to his successors. It reminds the Russians thatthey must strive unceasingly for seaports and for more sea-ports, for breathing-places by the sea ; for a nation to betruly great, like the man who would attain to physicaldevelopment must have an abundance of fresh air. Rus-sian5» as individuals fear a draught with almost childish fear ;but the chief ambition of Russia as a nation has been to open. BROAD PETERSBURG wide great Russian doors upon the Baltic, the Arctic, theBlack Sea,
Travelogues; . &I. ISAAC S I08 ST. PETERSBURG the First, points to-day the same lesson that Peter learnedand taught to his successors. It reminds the Russians thatthey must strive unceasingly for seaports and for more sea-ports, for breathing-places by the sea ; for a nation to betruly great, like the man who would attain to physicaldevelopment must have an abundance of fresh air. Rus-sian5» as individuals fear a draught with almost childish fear ;but the chief ambition of Russia as a nation has been to open. BROAD PETERSBURG wide great Russian doors upon the Baltic, the Arctic, theBlack Sea, and the Caspian, and the far-off Sea of Japan, thatthe winds of all the oceans may sweep across the mighty landthey dwell in The splendid monument to Peter that risesbetween St. Isaacs and the Neva, reminds us that his ambi-tion always looked seaward for its fulfilment. The pedestalis the very rock on which he stood to watch his new-born ST. PETERSBURG 109
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