At this point I would ike. to draw, an analogy from my own experience; During my childhood, as T have just related, my family was In a most dflcult situation, but," dimeult og our situation" was," and. oppress std as we were by' those in power, yet my mother went on boldly with her noble task of safeguarding the Sanetity of her home and the supreme duty of bringing' up her. children, From this we may learn a profitable lesson. In our march towards nation:
salvation, there is no dif culty too, great for us to' overcome, if we have the courage and resolution, but I must point out that our success depends entirely upon our own efforts,"
Ever since'the death of Dr. Sun Yat-sen in 1925, China has encounter= numerous disasters both from within and without, The'country first was overrun by Communists,, who almost succeeded in overthrowing the Republic and the Kuomintang." suing came a series of foreign aggres-slons which resulted in the loss of the 'Three Northeastern Provinces, In the midst of these disasters and sufferings, which covered a period of ten years, and which endangered the very life of the nation, the people to lose confidence in their' Ibaders and, turn, to. lose confidence in them= selves, "The situation undoubtedly was critical, and the crisis confronting the nation was' unprecedented in our history, but in. spite of this T still cherish great hope: I find despair neither in the defeat of International Sustiee nor in our own apparent impotence, Mope in National Tralts My hope les in th revival of "our old national traits. self-reliance, self-improvement temperance, and self -consclousness, Should each and every one of us devote himself to the of anal salvation, with the same per= alstence and endurance as my mother showed in raising her family, It will: hot be long before 'Eh takes place "once more among the gret Powers of the. world. "Shoutd® the women of the nation do their Dest {ohave their homes" well managed and their: children' properly brought 4p, 1'am sure their effort wil cone tribute. immensely towards. the up= Building of tha ation.
Our fate teader, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, once said that the existence of Ching 5-0 nation depends entirely" on fol: Towing' the line of ber destiny We should not imitate the superflaities of the West, nor plagiarize the doe: {rine of might of the. mperiaistis batlons. The eight great virt loyalty, filial piety, Kindness, love. {althtuiness, righteousness, peace, and Justlce—are In. accordance' with the true spirit and time-honoured charac teristics of" the Chinese race. Fla Piety is parteularly emphasized. the testaments of our late' lender, We
in rebuilding the nation, bias one of eu fundamental principle id, thereover fit
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