The Hellenic Kingdom And the Greek Nation
The Hellenic Kingdom And the Greek Nation
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Can it be regarded as any- 4hing remarkable that Hydriots, Speziots, Psariots, Cretans, Samiots, Suliots, Romeliots and Peloponne- sians, should act as separate tribes, and attack one another to secure the means of existence, when suf- fering under the pressure of famine, and allured by the hope of comparative wealth and power? Is it peculiar to modern Greece, that unprincipled politi- cians should strive to excite the turbulence of sol- diers in order to serve their own personal intrigues?
or,... is it in the Greek revolution for the first time that national resources and public wealth have been squandered for party purposes? Let it not then be made an especial reproach to the Greek revolution, that it is deeply stained with domestic strife ; but let the critic, who will not examine the causes of these vices, point out where the sword has' ever been drawn, in the holiest cause, without all the worst feelin'gs of human nature, as well as the noblest, displaying themselves in the struggle, and finding the means of augmenting the misfortunes and i*ous- ing the passions of mankind ; and let him reflect that no Greek, in all their civil wars, even when un- successful, ever called in the aid of the national ene- my.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Can it be regarded as any- 4hing remarkable that Hydriots, Speziots, Psariots, Cretans, Samiots, Suliots, Romeliots and Peloponne- sians, should act as separate tribes, and attack one another to secure the means of existence, when suf- fering under the pressure of famine, and allured by the hope of comparative wealth and power? Is it peculiar to modern Greece, that unprincipled politi- cians should strive to excite the turbulence of sol- diers in order to serve their own personal intrigues?
or,... is it in the Greek revolution for the first time that national resources and public wealth have been squandered for party purposes? Let it not then be made an especial reproach to the Greek revolution, that it is deeply stained with domestic strife ; but let the critic, who will not examine the causes of these vices, point out where the sword has' ever been drawn, in the holiest cause, without all the worst feelin'gs of human nature, as well as the noblest, displaying themselves in the struggle, and finding the means of augmenting the misfortunes and i*ous- ing the passions of mankind ; and let him reflect that no Greek, in all their civil wars, even when un- successful, ever called in the aid of the national ene- my.
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