Impressions of Greece: With an Introduction by His Niece, Miss. Wyse (Classic Reprint)
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In the midst of all this feverish excitement, one fact struck old residents of Athens more forcibly than all others - the little acquaintance with the life and habits of Greece displayed even by those supposed to be the best informed, and the utter ignorance, or else forget fulness, of all that had already been done to help forward the improvement of that way ward kingdom. In the hurry and bustle of the present day, it is true, what happened last month is often forgotten in this; still, in the grave matter of our relations with foreign nations, it seems worth while, at least sometimes, to pause and consider a past which may have had deep in?uence on the present.
N or is this ignorance observable with regard to other countries of the Continent. We know a great deal about Germany, France, and Italy, and are familiar with the names and characters of all their leadin g men of this generation not so with Greece. The commonest and most notable facts were apparently unknown or ignored, and it seemed easy, for any one of ordinary experience in that country, to enlighten the public on many of these points. It is not my province, nor am I capable of such a task, but it is impossible not to hope that some clever hand may yet be found to undertake it.
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