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Personal individuality

Though there is not a trace of grey yet in his coal-black hair, he might well be taken for some years older than his real age, and he has the look of a man who has already had more than his fair share of trouble and anxiety. He, obviously, takes his kingship very seriously, and has decided views of his own as to the external and internal policy of his country. Indeed, my own doubt would rather be whether his personal individuality was not too marked for the passive part which his position almost imposes upon him.

Of course, I cannot say how far his remarks to me were entirely of his own making, but certainly they were the remarks of a man who had studied the subject of Bulgaria thoughtfully and had arrived at certain definite conclusions. He spoke highly of the self-control, energy, and sobriety of the Bulgarians as a race, of their extraordinary aptitude in acquiring knowledge and in assimilating the ideas as well as the language of foreign nations, an aptitude which in no wise interfered with their intense sentiment of nationality.

Extraordinary freedom

He professed to have been greatly impressed by the facility with which his Ministers—men peasant-bom and self-educated—picked up the knowledge of public affairs and the manners of society. The Bulgarian intellect was, to his thinking, a sort of virgin soil in which ideas took root rapidly, and, when they had taken root, were retained with all the tenacity of a vigorous and uncultured memory. As to his own position, both abroad and at home, he spoke with extraordinary freedom. He did not conceal the mortification he had experienced at his treatment by the leading foreign Powers, but added that towards Russia he never had and never would express himself otherwise than with respect and gratitude.

Personal individuality

Though there is not a trace of grey yet in his coal-black hair, he might well be taken for some years older than his real age, and he has the look of a man who has already had more than his fair share of trouble and anxiety. He, obviously, takes his kingship very seriously, and has decided views of his own as to the external and internal policy of his country. Indeed, my own doubt would rather be whether his personal individuality was not too marked for the passive part which his position almost imposes upon him.

Of course, I cannot say how far his remarks to me were entirely of his own making, but certainly they were the remarks of a man who had studied the subject of Bulgaria thoughtfully and had arrived at certain definite conclusions. He spoke highly of the self-control, energy, and sobriety of the Bulgarians as a race, of their extraordinary aptitude in acquiring knowledge and in assimilating the ideas as well as the language of foreign nations, an aptitude which in no wise interfered with their intense sentiment of nationality.

Extraordinary freedom

He professed to have been greatly impressed by the facility with which his Ministers—men peasant-bom and self-educated—picked up the knowledge of public affairs and the manners of society. The Bulgarian intellect was, to his thinking, a sort of virgin soil in which ideas took root rapidly, and, when they had taken root, were retained with all the tenacity of a vigorous and uncultured memory. As to his own position, both abroad and at home, he spoke with extraordinary freedom. He did not conceal the mortification he had experienced at his treatment by the leading foreign Powers, but added that towards Russia he never had and never would express himself otherwise than with respect and gratitude.

Personal individuality

Though there is not a trace of grey yet in his coal-black hair, he might well be taken for some years older than his real age, and he has the look of a man who has already had more than his fair share of trouble and anxiety. He, obviously, takes his kingship very seriously, and has decided views of his own as to the external and internal policy of his country. Indeed, my own doubt would rather be whether his personal individuality was not too marked for the passive part which his position almost imposes upon him.

Of course, I cannot say how far his remarks to me were entirely of his own making, but certainly they were the remarks of a man who had studied the subject of Bulgaria thoughtfully and had arrived at certain definite conclusions. He spoke highly of the self-control, energy, and sobriety of the Bulgarians as a race, of their extraordinary aptitude in acquiring knowledge and in assimilating the ideas as well as the language of foreign nations, an aptitude which in no wise interfered with their intense sentiment of nationality.

Extraordinary freedom

He professed to have been greatly impressed by the facility with which his Ministers—men peasant-bom and self-educated—picked up the knowledge of public affairs and the manners of society. The Bulgarian intellect was, to his thinking, a sort of virgin soil in which ideas took root rapidly, and, when they had taken root, were retained with all the tenacity of a vigorous and uncultured memory. As to his own position, both abroad and at home, he spoke with extraordinary freedom. He did not conceal the mortification he had experienced at his treatment by the leading foreign Powers, but added that towards Russia he never had and never would express himself otherwise than with respect and gratitude.

Personal individuality

Though there is not a trace of grey yet in his coal-black hair, he might well be taken for some years older than his real age, and he has the look of a man who has already had more than his fair share of trouble and anxiety. He, obviously, takes his kingship very seriously, and has decided views of his own as to the external and internal policy of his country. Indeed, my own doubt would rather be whether his personal individuality was not too marked for the passive part which his position almost imposes upon him.

Of course, I cannot say how far his remarks to me were entirely of his own making, but certainly they were the remarks of a man who had studied the subject of Bulgaria thoughtfully and had arrived at certain definite conclusions. He spoke highly of the self-control, energy, and sobriety of the Bulgarians as a race, of their extraordinary aptitude in acquiring knowledge and in assimilating the ideas as well as the language of foreign nations, an aptitude which in no wise interfered with their intense sentiment of nationality.

Extraordinary freedom

He professed to have been greatly impressed by the facility with which his Ministers—men peasant-bom and self-educated—picked up the knowledge of public affairs and the manners of society. The Bulgarian intellect was, to his thinking, a sort of virgin soil in which ideas took root rapidly, and, when they had taken root, were retained with all the tenacity of a vigorous and uncultured memory. As to his own position, both abroad and at home, he spoke with extraordinary freedom. He did not conceal the mortification he had experienced at his treatment by the leading foreign Powers, but added that towards Russia he never had and never would express himself otherwise than with respect and gratitude.

Personal individuality

Though there is not a trace of grey yet in his coal-black hair, he might well be taken for some years older than his real age, and he has the look of a man who has already had more than his fair share of trouble and anxiety. He, obviously, takes his kingship very seriously, and has decided views of his own as to the external and internal policy of his country. Indeed, my own doubt would rather be whether his personal individuality was not too marked for the passive part which his position almost imposes upon him.

Of course, I cannot say how far his remarks to me were entirely of his own making, but certainly they were the remarks of a man who had studied the subject of Bulgaria thoughtfully and had arrived at certain definite conclusions. He spoke highly of the self-control, energy, and sobriety of the Bulgarians as a race, of their extraordinary aptitude in acquiring knowledge and in assimilating the ideas as well as the language of foreign nations, an aptitude which in no wise interfered with their intense sentiment of nationality.

Extraordinary freedom

He professed to have been greatly impressed by the facility with which his Ministers—men peasant-bom and self-educated—picked up the knowledge of public affairs and the manners of society. The Bulgarian intellect was, to his thinking, a sort of virgin soil in which ideas took root rapidly, and, when they had taken root, were retained with all the tenacity of a vigorous and uncultured memory. As to his own position, both abroad and at home, he spoke with extraordinary freedom. He did not conceal the mortification he had experienced at his treatment by the leading foreign Powers, but added that towards Russia he never had and never would express himself otherwise than with respect and gratitude.

Personal individuality

Though there is not a trace of grey yet in his coal-black hair, he might well be taken for some years older than his real age, and he has the look of a man who has already had more than his fair share of trouble and anxiety. He, obviously, takes his kingship very seriously, and has decided views of his own as to the external and internal policy of his country. Indeed, my own doubt would rather be whether his personal individuality was not too marked for the passive part which his position almost imposes upon him.

Of course, I cannot say how far his remarks to me were entirely of his own making, but certainly they were the remarks of a man who had studied the subject of Bulgaria thoughtfully and had arrived at certain definite conclusions. He spoke highly of the self-control, energy, and sobriety of the Bulgarians as a race, of their extraordinary aptitude in acquiring knowledge and in assimilating the ideas as well as the language of foreign nations, an aptitude which in no wise interfered with their intense sentiment of nationality.

Extraordinary freedom

He professed to have been greatly impressed by the facility with which his Ministers—men peasant-bom and self-educated—picked up the knowledge of public affairs and the manners of society. The Bulgarian intellect was, to his thinking, a sort of virgin soil in which ideas took root rapidly, and, when they had taken root, were retained with all the tenacity of a vigorous and uncultured memory. As to his own position, both abroad and at home, he spoke with extraordinary freedom. He did not conceal the mortification he had experienced at his treatment by the leading foreign Powers, but added that towards Russia he never had and never would express himself otherwise than with respect and gratitude.

Personal individuality

Though there is not a trace of grey yet in his coal-black hair, he might well be taken for some years older than his real age, and he has the look of a man who has already had more than his fair share of trouble and anxiety. He, obviously, takes his kingship very seriously, and has decided views of his own as to the external and internal policy of his country. Indeed, my own doubt would rather be whether his personal individuality was not too marked for the passive part which his position almost imposes upon him.

Of course, I cannot say how far his remarks to me were entirely of his own making, but certainly they were the remarks of a man who had studied the subject of Bulgaria thoughtfully and had arrived at certain definite conclusions. He spoke highly of the self-control, energy, and sobriety of the Bulgarians as a race, of their extraordinary aptitude in acquiring knowledge and in assimilating the ideas as well as the language of foreign nations, an aptitude which in no wise interfered with their intense sentiment of nationality.

Extraordinary freedom

He professed to have been greatly impressed by the facility with which his Ministers—men peasant-bom and self-educated—picked up the knowledge of public affairs and the manners of society. The Bulgarian intellect was, to his thinking, a sort of virgin soil in which ideas took root rapidly, and, when they had taken root, were retained with all the tenacity of a vigorous and uncultured memory. As to his own position, both abroad and at home, he spoke with extraordinary freedom. He did not conceal the mortification he had experienced at his treatment by the leading foreign Powers, but added that towards Russia he never had and never would express himself otherwise than with respect and gratitude.