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Armenians Compared to Jews, because of Persecution--Number of Armenians in Different Countries--Description of Armenian Village Life--Agricultural Methods and Implements--Patriarchal Life--Shepherds--Absence of Means of Transportation--Various Trades and Callings--Churches and Schools--“The Anglo-Saxons of the East”--Popular Prejudices against the Armenians--Armenian Boats--Armenian Commerce--Accumulation of Wealth--Jealousy of Turks--An Inscription from a Tomb--Armenian Constitution of 1860--The General Assembly--The Ecclesiastical Council--Revocation of Constitution in Turkish Armenia (Aug. 12, 1916)--The Armenians in Western Persia--Russia and the Armenians--The Armenians of the Aryan Race--Testimony of the Language--Armenian Literature--Catholic and Protestant Missionaries and Impetus to Education--Armenians in Schools and Colleges of the World--An Armenian Poem.