The poor peasant here hives under conditions quite different from those of Russia. Though often terrible, they are not as appalling as they were there.
Herman GorterAbout author
- Author's profession: Poet
- Nationality: dutch
- Born: November 26, 1864
- Died: September 15, 1927
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