Excerpt from Polish Experiences: During the Insurrection of 1863-4IN Spite of the much talking and writing on the subject of Poland, during the past year, I have been convinced, since my return to England from that unfortunate country, that very vague ideas still prevail as to the real state of Poland and the Poles. The important thing for Englishmen to know is - first, to what extent Poland has already been Russianized or Germanized, and, secondly, to what extent Russians and Germans have it in their power to finish the work of denationalization. For it is not the having moral right on her side, or the requirements of divine justice, or anything so far off as that, which helps to keep Poland alive, but simply the inability of her enemies to kill her outright. Garibaldi may solemnly declare, and Mr. Hennessy may repeat after him, in the House of Commons, Poland must not die, but Poland would have died long ago, but for the physical impossibility of killing her.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.