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eesearebynatureaproudrausablyso,hewhole

    urseoftheirhistoryexcep1thelasthundredyears.for,thoughpoliticallytheywere

    atishuliated,culturallytheyanistcivilizationthat

    selfandlas.asonlycultural

    rivaloanyiortarepresentedadifferentpointofvie,

    andforbuddhisthetruenfuishadaleasureofsneering

    .fonfuistasurablyproudofnfucius,andiibeing

    proudofnfucius,hehenation,prouioftheesehaving

    uoodlifeinitsralessenceproudoftheirknoannature,and

    proudoftheirhavingsolvedtheprobleoflifeinallitsethidpolitical

    relationships.

    inanotonlyaskedabouttheaningoflife

    butalsoanseaning

    ofhueheanshatitleftpeople

    an

    naturallybeesiveethingthatworksand

    thereforesothingthatistrue.thenfuistsaherhought

    nootherthateers,too,haveaiallife

    andthatalondonpoliacrossthestreethoutany

    kheese

    aloreorlessasashock.

    ethateerspossessallthenfuvirtuesof

    urtesy,orderliness,honour,kindliness,urage,andhoyofgovent,and

    thatnfuciusanandtube

    nductor,thatracialpridehingsthatdispleasedthe

    eseandstruckhisrahandbarbarian,likehusbandandwifewalking

    handinhandtogether,fatheranddaughterkissingeachother,kissingonthes,

    kissingoage,kissingontherail,andkissingeveryhese

    thingsnfirdhinthebeliefthattheesecivilizationwasreallysuperior.

    buttherenpeoplebeingabletoread,enbeing

    abletoagiheddleagesinsteadofahturyiion,studentsrespehers,

    andenglishboysalotheirsuperiorsandthelikehwere

    ieasurablyiressive.these,togethership,

    goodleatherboots,parisianperfu,theechildren,thexray

    pianysilarthings,have

    pletelyshatteredthenativepride.

    helpedbytheextraterritorialrightsandthegeneroususeofeuropeanbootsagainst

    eseolies,forean

    instinctivefearofthefheoldcelestialprideishe

    hullabalooraisedbyfnrtsagainstpossible

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