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FINLAND
CHAPTER I
PECULIARITIES OF FINNISH CIVILISATION
According to Aristotle, the strongest nations and
those best fitted for freedom and independence are
the agricultural races of the North. The most
northerly civilised country in the world, with the
exception of parts of Sweden and Norway, is Finland,
and three-quarters of its population live by
agricultural pursuits. Hungary has a slightly larger rural
population, with fewer people in the cities; but no
other country has a larger population dependent on
agriculture.
At first the tropical countries of the East showed
more rapid development; later on civilisation passed
to the milder climate of the Mediterranean. The
human race was not yet strong enough to overcome
the difficulties of a northern climate. When this
occurred, it was in Western Europe that the highest
form of civilisation was developed. At present the
highest stage of all has been reached in England and
the United States. Nevertheless, in early times the
Scandinavian race played a great part in this
development. In the latter part of the ninth century,
when the other Teutonic races were becoming to some
extent less hardy under the influence of the Christian
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