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Excerpt from The Shores of Lake Aral
Besides the general human interests that are presented by the present aspects of West Turkestan, and connected more specially with bygone times, there are others which bear on the future; which are comprised in the extension of Russian rule in one part of Asia and the continued development of British power in another part. The eventual deo thronement of degrading superstition, and the increase of material well-being among the millions of India, find their counterpart in the preliminary work of civilisation that lies before Russia in the Oxus countries - a work which involves the re-establish ment of disturbed terraqueous harmonies, and the restoration of immense wildemesses to productive ness and fitness for ministering to the wants of mankind.
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