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to retard agricultural progress； but it is likely soon to
disappear in the manufacturing districts； where the peasant
passes more time in the factory than in the fields and where；
when he leaves his old home； he has to find； and that ofttimes
under very unsatisfactory conditions； some partner to perform his
share of field labour。 It is also more than probable that the
South of Russia； the true granary of the Empire； will soon become
a country of private ownership in land。 The system of the mir； as
I have already said； is in more than one part of this district a
comparatively modern innovation。 The Little Russian is too fond
of independence and self…control to acquiesce in a system which
confines his industry in every direction。
The village community； that venerable survival of an epoch
closely akin to the patriarchal； will disappear in Russia； as it
already has disappeared in other countries in Europe in
England； Germany； and Switzerland。 It will give way to private
land； unless； and this is not very likely property in under
present conditions； it be completely transformed by the extension
of communistic principles to capital。 Those who； like myself； do
not believe in the possibility of leaps and bounds in matters of
social progress； will probably consider that such a state of
things belongs to the number of those dreams； the practical
realisation of which is to be looked for only in a remote future。