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Indirect Legislation

Diverting.

Means more or
less direct

In the following instances the design was more
evident, and the policy more generous.

Drunkenness & ferocity
the epidemical diseases
of the Russians

The means which Peter the Great took to
improve the manners of his Russians are well
known. Their manners in every thing except sobriety
were rather Asiatic than European, in
every thing except sobriety. Drunkenness and There as elsewhere the endemical
diseases were drunkenness and ferocity.
They retained in full force the habits which the
nations of Europe had begun to leave. The methods
employ'd by Peter to correct these habits were various some more some
less indirect. Among the least indirect latter were
most of several of those which have been enumerated. Of the former
sort were the pains he took to introduce among
them the European modes of dress. To induce
them to imitate bring them to adopt European manners & sentiments was in
other words to civilize them. But to this change
he found them violently averse. Envy, jealousy,
contempt, a thousand other dissocial passions at every thing contributed to exasperate
them which their resentment against dissuaded
them from assimilating themselves to these
exotic and overbearing rivals. These passions
missed their object when the visible marks of
distinction were obliterated.

Identifier: | JB/087/064/004 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 87.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	087	Main Headings	indirect legislation
Folio number	064	Info in main headings field	indirect legislation
Image	004	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f9 / f10 / f11 / f12
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	27589
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