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,srvility, vising With great sne dsintsses-
ted admiration. extolled him 40 NE Of he
greatest heroes and b~enefactors q Bic sps-
eies who, had ever appeared snoae nsn.
But time, the great dispeller ef l~lpsion,
and whose mighty arm no indiyidaGfg pest
ness, how great soever, can long with.t.na
has begun to abats much from thu. colossal
reputation. His temper was vioieas IN he
extreme; frequent acts Of hideous cruelty,
and occasional oppression, signahEed he
reign. More than any other man, hs dia
evil that good. htsya cone ofK He corr
psiled bis people, Is lie thought 70 civil
though, in seeking TO cross he
stream hundreds ofthousands psfiShed b The
waves.-Peter the Great, says Mackinsosh,
did not ~civilizs Russia; that undertaking
was beyond his genius great as Il Wa; he
only gave the Russians the arts oseiviEzed
war" The truth vas, he attempted what
was altogether impracics6k: No 3 .
nan can at n c civi,izs . nation: De can
put it in the way Of civilization. To
complete the fabric must be the, work Of
continued effort and sustained industry do.
ring many successive generations. That
Peter failed in putting his people % . lew
With the other nations Of Europe inre6ne-
ment and Industry, is 10 reproach to him
It was impossible 70 do 90 in less than rev.
eral centuries. The real particular in
which he erred was, that hst departed from
the national spirit, that he tore up the n.
tional institutions, violated in numerous in
stancesthe~ strongest national feelings with
the costume of their fathers. PetsT's civ
extended no farther than the sur
He succeeded in inducing an extra
ordinary degree of discipline in hin army,
and the appearance Of ecnsidsrabls SEINE
ment among his coutiers But iii easier
to remodle an army than change q nation;
and the celebrated SOn-nsOt Of Diderot,
that the Russians were "rotten before they
were ripe,"i is but an expression indicating
how much easier it il to introduce the vices
than the virtues of civilization among al
unlettered people. To this day the civili-
cation Of Russia has never deeended be-
the higher ranks, and the efforts Of the
real patriotic Gears who have welded ths
Muscovite sceptre, Alexander and Richo-
las, have been mainly directed to get out
ofthe fictitious career into which, Peter
the people, and revive With the old
institution the true spirit and inherent as
pirations of the nation. The immense sue
cess with which their efforts have been as'
and the gradual, though still slS"
of civilization and Improvement
the great body Of the people,
prove the wisdom office principles on wich
they proceeded. Possibly Russia Is yet de-
stined to afford another illustration Of the
truth Of Montlesqueiu's maxim, that NO ma
ton ever yet rose to durable grsatnsss but
through intitutions in harmony with ito
spirit.-BlackwOod's Mag.
Quinn, on being asked BY alady Why IL
was reported that there were more women
in the world than men, replied: ST
In conformity with the arrangements Of
nature, madam; We always see more q
heaven than earth"
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