. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. u imperial edicts. It is the business of the Senate to discuss and promulgate such laws as are handed down from the Imperial Council. Since the senators11 themselves are appointed by the czarthey can hardly be expected to opposehis will. It is their busine
. Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning. u imperial edicts. It is the business of the Senate to discuss and promulgate such laws as are handed down from the Imperial Council. Since the senators11 themselves are appointed by the czarthey can hardly be expected to opposehis will. It is their business rather tofind out his will and to express it in laws 162 GREAT RACES OE MANKIND. for the empire. The Holy vSynod may belikened to the lords spiritual of GreatBritain. The body has the jurisdietionof the religious affairs of the people,and is composed of the bishops andmetropolitans of the cities and prov-inces. It is of interest to analyze somewhatthe great bodv of Russian soeietv and to 1 completely under the control of thesuperior agents of the government. A good deal of spontaneity, however,is locally attained under the given sys-tem. There are justices of the peace,courts of higher and lower grade, andprovincial assemblies. It is sufficientfor the government that all such institu-tions shall hold a modest and unvarvinof ifjwin. IMPERIAL SOCIETY.—Reception at CouRr.—Drawn by I discover, if we may, its parts. The unitThe village unit of the systcm is not the in-iTifgo^m°^ dividual, not the citizenment. ^iXidi votcT, but the village. Each village, with or wdthout a sur-rounding territory, is regarded as a com-munity. The name of the unit is of the mirs are combined intowhat is called a volost, or shire, overAvhich an alderman is elected by thepeasants. This officer is subject to thelocal police of the empire, and, thoughchosen on the democratic principle, is subserviency to the imperial will. Thesobranje—more properly sobraniye—iscomposed of three eleme
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