And first I would say, seek to be what British should be. Think! of the noble traditions, think of our beautiful home land, think of our noble British women, and try to reproduce the best Brit out here. We can't be of British: we don't want to than British, and we can best help others by being British at its best. weed hardly is Christian British. All our history is entwined with religion, and we shall not make ourselves more influential by forgetting God and deposing Christ from his pre-eminence.
So then, British women, produce the best British home 1i here in Shanghai. The young men who come out here from simple and refined British homes, and who will do so munch good or ill in China don't want a whirligig of gaiety, they fant manly sports and quiet home life. They want those who will take the place of their mothers and sisters. Don't let your love of gaiety deprive them of the joys of quiet evenings in the home circle., We have been called a nation of shopkeepers. We aren't, We are a nation of homely people. Books, art, music, needlework, religion: these are the beautiful things, the. things that go to make our British homes, the things that men admire in /women, the things'that the Chinese respect us for. over they' felt that fley must hold' together "and something And io" you deeded 20
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