All this is doing much to stir the Chinese out of their lethargic condition. Some of them want to study English to be ready, and many of them feel like working up a knowledge of arithmetic, geography, and some of the sciences. A former school of Western learning, started some three years ago, has closed its doors but the literati are' proposing to open another. Whether this is from patriotic or mercenary reasons is hard to determine. It was announced after this news had gone abroad that the Christian Mission was about to open such
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