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 foreign members 65 % were Germans. During the 19th century and down to 1908, out of 189 members of the Academy, 139 or 73·96 % (or, if we exclude 16 members from the Baltic provinces and two members from Finland, 69·31 %) were Russians: of the foreign members most were still Germans, 64 %. Thus the percentage of Russian members of the Academy rose during the whole period from 26·17 % to 69·31 %.

The development of Russian thought in a qualitative or genetic sense manifested itself in different ways: in course of time it revealed much more creative power and became more continuous, thanks to the formation of scientific schools, institutions, and other mediums of communication; but this evolution can be illustrated here only by a few examples