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Show "Fittest" Under the Arctic Circle. We think of Greenland as a frozen and desolate land, fit only for the abode of the hardy Eskimos. And yet In Finland, iu a severe northern climate, cli-mate, has grown up a hardy and virile race. Perhaps it was because only the sturdiest could survive under such conditions, for Isolation bred self-reliance and industry was necessary to existence. ex-istence. At any rate the fact remains that the Finns have developed a civilization civili-zation that is unique and of interest. It is not surprising, to one familiar with the Finns nnd their history, to know that a republic has been proclaimed. No people are more truly democratic. Under the autocratic rule of the czars Finland maintained her democratic institutions, in-stitutions, and it wns the only part of Russia where the traveler was free-to move nbout without having a demand made almost daily for his passport. The Russian calendar which is 13 clays behind our owu wns ignored nnd in every way the public nnd social customs cus-toms differed from those of the Russians. Rus-sians. Nevin O. Winter, in the Christian Chris-tian Herald. |