Excerpt from Travels in Russia, &C. &C, Vol. 1 of 2 In the same breath we declare the Russians to be semi-barbarians, and furiously inveigh against them because we do not find them models of perfiection; we are determined to note down only their faults, and then abuse them because we do not bring home a catalogue of virtues. Let us rather keep in view that the latter and virtues they assuredly have, arise not fi'om the excellence, but in spite of the defects of their institutions. Patriotism is unquestionably a noble sentiment; but I will not denominate that patriotism which displays itself only in depre ciating others that hateful spirit, which would pass its ban upon all beyond its own narrow pale. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.