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Excerpt from Three Years in Constantinople, Vol. 1 of 3: Or, Domestic Manners of the Turks in 1844
Thus, the majority Of the latter arrive at Constan tinople in complete ignorance Of the origin, meaning, and real condition Of local customs; and thus, being unable to Obtain correct explanations from books or attendants, they depart as they came with this differ ence, however, that they generally add misconceptions, arising from hasty Observation and erroneous informa tion to previous prejudices - prejudices frequently em bittered by divergent political interests, religious anti pathics, and an indiscriminate tendency to confound the better qualities of the Turkish people with their indefensible vices.
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