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occupations, have not advanced in the same degree.
Whether we look at the great progress of the lower
classes, or at the larger number of men who now
obtain considerable wealth, we see to what extent free
industry is being developed. This is fortunate.
Referring to the considerable means in the hands of the
men who lead the economic development of Finland,
it ought not to be left unnoticed that, except in
England and the United States, there is hardly any
country in which wealth is less employed for the
gratification of personal pleasure and enjoyment.
Nearly all the rich men of Finland continue to
employ their means to advance the economic development
of the country and for purely public purposes;
just as in England and the United States.
It might be supposed that those who are at the
head of the government would feel it an honour to
do all that is possible for the progress of the country.
With the popular sense of legal order and its
genuinely conservative character, the political life of the
country might also have improved. There might
have been a fuller co-operation of the Estates with the
government as regards the tariff for instance, or in
more frequent sessions of the Diet, or by an extended
election franchise, and in several other ways. We
will not speak here of the press, a necessity and a
great help to a nation in the stage of civilisation which
the Finlanders have reached. However much is done
here for economic progress, as well as for popular
education, more might be done. It is noticeable that
the Finlanders, like other new nations, have among
them a number of men who are not only good but
genuinely enthusiastic workers for the public welfare.
These men ought to have the largest possible scope
for their activity. We have referred to the poor North
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