Pittsburg, Pennsyh who is passing through Shang introduced by the chairman. The speaker said that when te was asked by the Secretary to speak, he was told to tread lightly as he was a guest in a foreign land. He was himself a sort of a word pilgrim, having been born of Scottish parents in Canada and at arent being an American citizen travelling in China, Dr. Kerr said that the idea of] immortality itself might be credited to. literature. There was something in the written word which was immortal. Homer's and Shakespeare's works had influenced the ages. The history of Greece was great only because was written. Rome's history would fade but for the writings which were preserved. The greatest of all Anglo-Saxon things was the litersture. "Through this the great troths would be passed on into other The speaker, to illustrate his point said that, "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and the song, "My Eyes Have Sea the Glory," were the tw® mein forces in the winning: of: the American Civil War by the North. "Tipperary" hat probably done more to send men to France than had All the legislation of the time, Yor those reasons, the speaker wondered ff thoro were enough attention von to the written word wedded the music in China. Theology and religion and the great words of truth set to music might become mightier than they now are.
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