They had their own army. their own legislature. their own mint. and their own government almost as independent of Russia as one of our States is of the other States of the Union. All that has. to a large extent. been taken away from them within the last year or two. and no doubt many of you have seen what the Russian Empire has done to the poor Finns. From the province of Finland a great many people have emigrated into the northern part of Sweden and into the northern part of Norway and settled in the country intervening between the Lapps and the Norwegians and the Swedes. Many men of the Finns have come to America. They are a tall. straight race. about the same stature and size and build as the ordinary Norwegians and Swedes.
Identified stereotypes
Finns are a tall, straight race, similar in stature to Norwegians and Swedes.