text_original: Few diplomatic efforts have in  curred more odium or more ridicule. And neither is wholly deserved. Its author, the Czar Alexander of Russia, was a curious 44 ENGLAND AND EUROPE [1815  mixture of shi ewdness and mysticism, of lofty ideals and calculating ambition.
text_transcription: FEW DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS HAVE INCURRED MORE ODIUM OR MORE RIDICULE AND NEITHER IS WHOLLY DESERVED ITS AUTHOR THE CZAR ALEXANDER OF RUSSIA WAS A CURIOUS MIXTURE OF SHREWDNESS AND MYSTICISM OF LOFTY IDEALS AND CALCULATING AMBITION
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