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Show IN MAGYAR LAND. The Magyars, or Hungarians, aro distinct from all the other people of Europe, tho Finns alone excepted. Their ancestors manj centuries ago, swept down from the plateaus of the Ural Mountains upon tie rich pralrios of Hungary, and, by the very' force of their inherent character, as well as by their valor at arms, overcame or assimilated as-similated the former barbaric Inhabitants, Inhabi-tants, and ever since, amid the vicissitudes vicis-situdes of almost constant wars and even frequent defeats by many enemies, ene-mies, have maintained their individuality, individ-uality, and, for tho most part, their undisputed un-disputed supremacy, in Southeastern Europe. In race and language they are allied to the Turks on one aide and to tho Finns, another branch of the same family tree, on the other. Yet, though related to tho Turks, they were the most consistent and successful enemies ene-mies of , Mohammedanism in all Europe. Eu-rope. In fact Hungary, for centuries, was tho buffer state between Christian Chris-tian Europe and Mohammedan Asia, and many a hard-fought war did her people wage, almost single-handed, to repel the tldo of Islamlsm, which often threatened to submerge all Europe. oo |