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Curiously enough, Sweden and Hungary were not brought within the sphere of Feudalism, and these two outlying lands, left free to natural impulses, revealed themselves at an early day as Nations.
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Sumner notes that Sweden and Hungary were not influenced by feudalism, allowing them to develop as nations.
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