of Exclusiveness By W, sux To the philosophic hiftorisn the processes by which an imperialist or nationalist temper of mind is produced are a matter of interes! Imperialism has some gocd points.
shows that a people hay reached such a pitch of culture and self respect and sufficiency as lead it to consider self a benefactor if it' imposes this culture on others. Thi has been China' boast; this was, the boast of ancient Rome and every ther ancient civilization that ate tained any eminence. Modern Christian nations have also experienced th's attitude of mind, with] perhaps an improvement in a'senze fof moral responsibility.
But no nation has ever been entirely disinterested in it concern for cthers; that is in the nature of the incentive largely to England, who, having inherited a tradition from the Normans toat she had pre-"tensions to French territory, kept Prance divided and troubled for so Tong. We cannot stop here to pursue (this thought except to say how much all this conflict and emulation, and "especially the more peaceful emulation of the growing townships, assisted in progress in art, poesy, ete Emulation we all know is good; and taels would seem to show that it is 'a gum to develop the national it China is in the throes of this development row. We can see im tre past the absence of it. Contact! with other nations would have cor-"reeted the tendency to the grotesque in Chinese art; and at the same the ense:
'The discussions since the, time we may say it would great war concerning mandates for enriched Western art by making' the assistance of lesser powers have' it familiar with the spiritual content given signal opportunity to study of the C mind. The man. how far an altruistic spirit, whose ji jon can come under brotherlicood la advancing the elusive spell of a Chinese poem while we see there is much (not a translation) is capable of an room for improvement, we also experience that is unique of its] see signs of progret Perhaps kind. the inst priceless result the great Tu 1909 under the title "Chinese war is the frercare of this Christe Hymnology" I dealt at some length Vike spirit among the late belliges in this journal with the danger to rent the tendency of the nationg literature of being self entamed te is to advance beyond mre natfonal- the exclusion of outside influences. The terrible (in spite of its beauty)
The cultivation of a national Chinese ideograph is of course a spirit seems to be later in time than serious handicap to the dev: lopment the imperialist, and this because the of pure poetry which should Just for mastery i more primitive entirely in the language the than the desire to serves not that people. Great pects prove contin we mean the national spirit contains ally that the lansusiy of the people a desire (o verve for It is by the fear or chagrin of having to Arnold's pirase, are not mutually serve, But that is the soil from exclusive. [pleaded that Chinese which springs the ability to realize poetry should be written inthe! the service of others is doing to them spoken language; and fs we would they should do to us. [models should be studied. 1 do not Amongst the Jews the attitude of, flatter myself that Dr. La Shi saw! David ard Solomon, and indeed the fohat article; but I may be permitted general outlook of the Old Testament. to say that his declaration that la! was imperial, a religious imperial 1018 te vowed to write no more isms that if, the Jows were convinpoetry except in the spoken langu-ceed, and with good reason, that they age is important support of the! curld benefit all nations who would seundqess of my position; although! comes under their religious aegis, at the time seme of my friends told The attitude of ancient Chinese imme T was wrong. penalism was different. Good go-Lam wrong of course if it is true veriment and a well ordered mate-"that the traditional poetic. method rialiam were the attractions that Chinese is the only one were offered or forced on lesser to the language. Tt ig the has nations. But to do China justice of modern poets in Chita to test]
never scorns to have been such that. The present renaissance is an unblushing bully as the ancient Jan expression of poignant national-nations of Western Avia. All the; jam in art and culture brought about same we cannot blind ourselves to, by contact with Western nations. the fact that some of her neighbours, It is expressed also in education. objected entirely to her interference, China gave up her old style because in their more barbarous affairs. it was proved to be an anachronism Modern historians seem to agree! when she compared it with world-that the birth of motionalism in the education at its best. This was world occurred among the Jews, another blow to imperial pride, but driving the time of their suffering at false an incentive to national effort the hands of foreigners in the last Jand the general result will be good. centuries before Chr: st- Out of the ies, economics, and ashes of Roman imperialism, amidst lly the ease is the same. the conflict of feudal selfishness intensely aware that sh nationalism was born in Europe. ix no longer imperially first, and Spain first, ay a result of pressure is anxious for her self-rexpect. The! from the Moors; later France and general result should be that she England, It may be said that the will be able to feel for others in a experience of all countries that are! way that -he could in the days when strongly nationalistic shows that the she thought all the world was her national xpisit is nurtured by the tributary. The nation or individyai necessity of fighting for existence as Hihat has been wronged should be people, The Greek city states were fable to fect for the wrongs of] imperial rather than national in. otherd. The nation or individual their attitude, in spite of their small-that can realize others also have ness, owing to the extreme self superlative gifts will suflieney—witich they developed, away pride. Th and which led them to regard their! that make @ country" culture as the last word in human re a help to the cultivation of pre progress, as it Joubtless was at the cious gifts of sympathy and thought time. But be it noted, mutual for ethers; but tie nation has frst valley bred somewhat of the nation-to learn the rights of the other man. al spirit in their attitude towards China at present 's so intensely con-one another. wiry to her separa learned for her own rights that she! tion from the farther West, China finds this hard. for millenniums saw no culture equal 'When China has pa: sed through tohercwn. To be so placed that the his stage of poignant nationalism temptation to a country i entirely! which as a nation she can hardly' to imperial pride is by no means an immediately, she will te able unmixed blessing; for it means that to sce better whither God ig point-that conflict with diverse minds which, ing the nations. Some of her in-makes for progress is impossible. dividual sons have already reached If we turn to the European count-this stage: the bulk of the nation ries that eventually emerged as: Thave not reached nationalism at all, leaders, Spain, France, England, we and there i no reason why they ever shall see that tke development of the should if the thinking part of the national spirit was a result of foration who are now in its throes eign aggression and oppression.
Jean progress beyond it to the higher! Spa'n_became nationalistic' during, reaches of internationalism and the her struggles to oust the Moors, spirit of the League of Nations. from her land. France where the Unfortunately the problem is not spirit seems next ce appear, owed simple condition of nationalism in
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