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If we can believe the historian, orgies have taken place in this city that would make it, for the time being, a rival of Hades itself. IF WE CAN BELIEVE THE HISTORIAN ORGIES HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THIS CITY THAT WOULD MAKE IT FOR THE TIME BEING A RIVAL OF HADES ITSELF
which is in the city of Moscow. It has nearly a dozen spires most curiously built and no one seeing it can ever forget it. It is said that the eyes of the Italian architect who built it were put out so he could never build another like it. The Russian people are very religious and Moscow is their sacred city. At the sight of the glittering crosses the peasants coming into the city for the first time would often fall upon their faces and weep. This sacred city has passed through some horrible times. Famine has raged and the ravages of hunger caused parents to eat the flesh of their own children. Pestilence at one time stalked through the city like a mighty conqueror and a hundred and twenty thousand people perished before it could be checked. Nearly the entire city has gone up in smoke on more than one occasion and yet it still lives. When I was there its streets were ablaze with electric lights at night and thronged with shopping multitudes by day, but all this is changed at this time. AL THE BLEST WHICH IS IN THE CITY OF MOSCOW IT HAS NEARLY A DOZEN SPIRES MOST CURIOUSLY BUILT AND NO ONE SEEN IT CAN EVER FORGET IT IT IS SAID THAT THE EYES OF THE ITALIAN ARCHITECT WHO BUILT IT WERE PUT OUT SO HE COULD NEVER BUILD ANOTHER LIKE IT THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE ARE VERY RELIGIOUS AND MOSCOW IS THEIR SACRED CITY AT THE SIGHT OF THE GLITTERING CROSSES THE PEASANTS COMING INTO THE CITY FOR THE FIRST TIME WOULD OFTEN FALL UPON THEIR FACES AND WEEP THIS SACRED CITY HAS PASSED THROUGH SOME HORRIBLE TIMES FAMINE HAS RAGED AND THE RAVAGES OF HUNGER CAUSED PARENTS TO EAT THE FLESH OF THEIR OWN CHILDREN PESTILENCE AT ONE TIME STALKED THROUGH THE CITY LIKE A MIGHTY CONQUEROR AND A HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE PERISHED BEFORE IT COULD BE CHECKED NEARLY THE ENTIRE CITY HAS GONE UP IN SMOKE ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION AND YET IT STILL LIVES WHEN I WAS THERE ITS STREETS WERE ABLAZE WITH ELECTRIC LIGHTS AT NIGHT AND THRONGED WITH SHOPPING MULTITUDES BY DAY BUT ALL THIS IS CHANGED AT THIS TIME
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