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shadowed by rivals of superior dignity. veil hangs over the future ; but, so far as human sagacity can forecast, there seems to be little likelihood of any vital change in her position. With peculiar characteristics and an isolated position, she must almost of necessity maintain her separate and distinct individuality, even though she become a dependency on a European power. On the other hand, she has exhibited under recent circumstances no elements of greatness, and " if not even " the remains emphatically " a base kingdom basest of the kingdoms." there seems to be no elements out of which her revival and reconstitution as a great kingdom could be possible.
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