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One of Kipling's most interesting illustrations of his powers of observation and description is that which tells how a newly launched After being ensconced in the building yard, with no other care than to feel herself grow, she is suddenly launched into a strange element and her parts have to accustom themselves to ce-ordinate "working. The Chinese ship of state when the war broke out was similarly launched into an unknown financial nea. Previously reliance was chiefly placed upon the foreign even for administrative expenses, which, whatever happens
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