 | 1857 - 516 pages
...natives. They constitute the surface-level, and below them there are deeps on deeps of de^ pravity so shocking and horrible, that their character cannot...have lost something, but mankind has gained, by the exclusive policy which has governed China during the past centuries, " The chief object of Mr. Taylor's... | |
 | William Charles Milne - 1857 - 540 pages
...other ports in China, records his estimate of Chinese morality thus, in one of his last works : — " It is my deliberate opinion that the Chinese are morally...have lost something, but mankind has gained by the exclusive policy which has governed China during the past centuries." I know this shallow observer... | |
 | the calcutta review - 1857 - 514 pages
...its original beauty or symmetry, the greater is their delight. " This mental idiosyncrasy includes a moral one, of similar character. It is my deliberate...demands that they should not be allowed to settle on our •oil. Science may have lost something, but mankind has gained, by the exclusive policy which has... | |
 | James Loring Baker - 1858 - 300 pages
...shrink from penetrating, and I made no attempt to collect information of this kind ; but there were enough in the things which I could not avoid seeing...they should not be allowed to settle on our soil." If by the interposition of foreign powers the Insurgent " Tae-ping-wang" could be placed upon the throne,... | |
 | 1858 - 424 pages
...shrink from penetrating, and I made no attempt to collect information of this kind; but there were enough in the things which I could not avoid seeing...they should not be allowed to settle on our soil. Such are the people from whom come our silks, our chinaware, and our tea. While we speculate on the... | |
 | James Loring Baker - 1858 - 358 pages
...shrink from penetrating, and I made no attempt to collect information of this kind ; but there were enough in the things which I could not avoid seeing...they should not be allowed to settle on our soil." If by the interposition of foreign powers the Insurgent " Tae-ping-wang" could be placed upon the throne,... | |
 | Bayard Taylor - 1862 - 588 pages
...Chinese raee. Their touch is pollution, and, harsh as the opinion may seem, justiee to onr own raee demands that they should not be allowed to settle on our soil. Scienee may have lost something, but mankind has gained, by the exelusive policy which has governed... | |
 | New York (State). Dept. of Public Instruction - 1867 - 276 pages
...avoid seeing and hearing—which are brought almost daily to the notice of every foreign resident—to inspire me with a powerful aversion to the Chinese...have lost something, but mankind has gained by the exclusive policy which has governed China during the past centuries." I know this shallow observer... | |
 | Bayard Taylor - 1885 - 562 pages
...idiosyncrasy includes a moral one, of similai character. It is my deliberate opinion that the Chinese arc, morally, the most debased people on the face of the...have lost something, but mankind has gained, by the exclusive policy which has governed China during the past centuries. I soon grew tired of the jaundiced... | |
 | 1902 - 542 pages
...and below them are deeps and deeps of depravity so shocking and horrible that their character can not even be hinted. There are some dark shadows in human...have lost something, but mankind has gained by the exclusive policy which has governed China during the past centuries." Gentlemen, this is all I have... | |
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They constitute the surface-level, and below them there are deeps on deeps of depravity so shocking and horrible, that their character cannot even be hinted. There are some dark shadows in human nature, which we naturally shrink from penetrating, and... 
