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The Jasper Weekly Courier
Jasper, Dubois County, Indiana
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Hon. Maurice Baring in 'The Mainspring of Russia' praises the Russian soul's profound Christian charity, expressed with simplicity and sincerity, and highlights the Russian peasant's central role, land ownership, and deep religious faith in daily life.
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In "The Mainspring of Russia" (Thomas Nelson) Hon. Maurice Baring declares that "The Russian soul is filled with a human Christian charity which is warmer in kind and intenser in degree, and expressed with a greater simplicity and sincerity than I have met with in any other people.
"The Russian peasant is the most important factor in Russian life. He constitutes the majority of his nation. The peasant not only tills the arable land, but he owns the greater part of it. This is a fact which is practically unknown. It is difficult to bring home to the average person the way in which religion enters into the daily life of the Russian peasant. He believes in God as a matter of course, because it is plain to him that it is the right thing to do."
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Hon. Maurice Baring declares that the Russian soul is filled with a human Christian charity warmer and more intense than in any other people, expressed with greater simplicity and sincerity. The Russian peasant is the most important factor in Russian life, constituting the majority of the nation, tilling and owning the greater part of the arable land. Religion enters deeply into the peasant's daily life, with belief in God as a matter of course.