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are very few persons who have not heard of the fame of Peter the Great, the founder, as he is generally
regarded by mankind, of Russian civilization. The celebrity, however, of the great Muscovite sovereign among
young persons is due in a great measure to the circumstance of his having repaired personally to Holland, in
the course of his efforts to introduce the industrial arts among his people, in order to study himself the art
and mystery of ship-building, and of his having worked with his own hands in a ship-yard there. The little shop
where Peter pursued these practical studies still stands in Saardam, a ship-building town not far from
Amsterdam. The building is of wood, and is now much decayed; but, to preserve it from farther injury, it has
been incased in a somewhat larger building of brick, and it is visited annually by great numbers of curious
travelers.
The whole history of Peter, as might be expect from the indications of character developed by this incident,
forms a narrative that is full of interest and instruction for all.
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