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year-old chains of foreign domination, refuse to believe they are anything but fiction.
Nonetheless the thoughts of a poet return to those old times, making the people come to life again. No matter how unlike our present ways of living those old customs were, all whose hearts are pure, sincere and sympathetic towards their fellowmen will find inspiration here which might well prove useful for the betterment of humanity in our present “civilized” times.
Ivan Franko
