Download or read book Turkey in Europe (Classic Reprint) written by Charles Eliot and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-28 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Turkey in Europe Of corruption, so to speak, I added, striving. To make things plain. Exactly, said the Vali, and that will at once be understood as a seditious allusion to the Sublime Ottoman Government. No, it cannot be. And to show that his decision was irrevocable he again assumed his virtuous air, and said, All civilised countries are governed by law, and I am surprised that one who has lived in the Ottoman dominions as long as yourself should suppose that Turkish officials can be induced by hopes of personal advantage to neglect the regulations issued for their guidance. Law and obedience are the foundation of the State. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.