text:  They have ruled here for a long time and what good have they done; what firm laws have they established; what useful customs have they introduced; what have they taught us; what have they created here or what have they constructed worthy of notice? Verkhoffsky has opened my eyes to the faults of my countrymen but at the same time to the defects of the Russians to whom it is more unpardonable; because they know what is right have grown up among good examples and here as if they have forgotten their mission and their active nature they sink little by little into the insignificance of the beasts