Travelogues; . LOOKING EAST FROM IVANS TOWER MOSCOW 223. THE HKART OF RUSSIA which is the cry ofa young nationstrugghng merelyfor its life and forrecognition. the patri-otic and far-seeingRussian — gazingwith prophetic eyehalf-way aroundthe globe, acrosstwo continents,across the bound-less territoriesof Siberia, — half of Europe, the half of Asia,touches the frozen Arctic, thesunny Black Sea and the Cas-pian, the Baltic and the JapanSea ; has gripped at Vladivostokthe safest and most beautifulharbor in the Farthest East; isnow caressing with insidiousintent the Central Asian stateson
Travelogues; . LOOKING EAST FROM IVANS TOWER MOSCOW 223. THE HKART OF RUSSIA which is the cry ofa young nationstrugghng merelyfor its life and forrecognition. the patri-otic and far-seeingRussian — gazingwith prophetic eyehalf-way aroundthe globe, acrosstwo continents,across the bound-less territoriesof Siberia, — half of Europe, the half of Asia,touches the frozen Arctic, thesunny Black Sea and the Cas-pian, the Baltic and the JapanSea ; has gripped at Vladivostokthe safest and most beautifulharbor in the Farthest East; isnow caressing with insidiousintent the Central Asian stateson the frontier of British Muscovite standing uponthe top of Ivans Tower no longerutters the cry with which hisfathers drove the Mongols forth,Russia for the Russians! IVAN VELIKY 224 MOSCOW voices the new ambition of his race in the tremendous words, The world for Russia ! RUSSIA Thou dread Colossus of the North ! astride Two continents that link the East and West, One foot on the Pacifics margin pressed. One planted by the Baltics icy tid
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