It is not moral or physical coward ice which prevents them ris ing en masse and destroying the political and military parasites, ut it is that century upon. century instilled love of peace and the natural loathing of the real gentleman for notoriety, and this compels this majority to submit. Quietly over those cups of tea which, thank goodness, we can still sip in the homes of the rich, as well as in the straw huts of the poor, we can get the real voice of the people regarding China's so-called Republic. Better far the despotism of a monarchy, which rules only with a gloved hand, than the liberty obtained a couple of inches off a searing iron."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.