"Some of our readers will be astounded to learn the amount of money made by the foreigners and the fact that a single dollar makes ten "thousand, With people of normal mind, one could afford to ignore these' palpable absurdities, Dut while the old saying that "as the twig is bent so the tree will grow" is true of all peoples in} China by reason of its parrot-like methods of learning, this saying has a far greater significance. The children so taught firmly believe it, and their children will be imbued the same ideas. A better SMustration of the folly Austen Chamberlain and A\ idealists it would be hard to find, for nowhere is there any mention the favours extended or the enormous amount of money spent cly. these foreigners in over that China might benefit,
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