About the book: year / Walter Schubart proclaims the salvation of Europe by Russia and the “birth of the Western-Eastern world culture.” Schubart's book is a fascinating essay on the national characters of the leading nations of the world. Although the main thing for the author is the coming transformation of humanity and the saving mission of the “healing Russian soul.” “An Englishman looks at the world as a factory, a Frenchman as a salon, a German as a barracks, a Russian as a temple. An Englishman is hungry for booty, a Frenchman - glory, the German - power, the Russian - sacrifice. The Englishman expects benefits from his neighbor, the Frenchman expects sympathy, the German wants to command him. And only the Russian doesn’t want anything.” Walter Schubart. “Europe and the Soul of the East” Russian emigrant philosopher Ivan Ilyin wrote: “... Schubart’s book is strikingly different from that Western journalism, where Russians appear as masochistic cowards, lasciviously awaiting shameful punishment.” Ilyin believed that in the person of Schubart, “we see for the first time” a Western European, who kindly “opened his eyes to us,” sitting forlornly at the threshold. “Yes, yes, at the threshold, for we, wanderers, are not allowed near the hearth.” The book “Europe and the Soul of the East” (1938) was included by the German Nazis in the list of “undesirable and harmful literature.” The publishing layout of the book was saved in PDF A4 format.