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Title: Peeps into China
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Reid, Gilbert, 1857-1927 Reid, Gilbert, 1857-1927. Glances at China Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)
Subjects: Missions
Publisher: London : Religious Tract Society
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
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m, as Chinathen was, could effectively keep all these at their taskyear after year, he can only be amazed at the powerthat controlled, and wonder whether patriotism, self-protection, superstition, fear, or mere fancy, was thedominating motive. Whatever the cause, there to-dayare the walls that hands twenty centuries ago succeededin building; and, serpent-like, the walls still curve theirway from summit to summit, or doggedly push acrosssome plain, bidding defiance to those invading armiesthat came and fought with bow and arrow, spear andjavelin, but now are resting beneath the ground. The past had its ambition, its skill, and its fears,but not always the greatest wisdom. Neither does thepresent possess all wisdom, so long as soldiers stillmarch the deserts and navies plough the sea, and menstill cry for blood, revenge, and plunder. Let thefuture learn from the past and the present, and seeka wisdom which is from above, and which, first of allis pure and peaceful. T^;i;!-!i:;;!T:.: i-i
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,^/:,,,<,^A 00 CHAPTER XVII. THE IMPERIAL CITY OF PEKING. Eg P ANY an important city in China may bevisited, and its attractions appreciated,whose name, when mentioned, would beunrecognised by even the intelligent ofour home lands. Not so is it with Peking. Everyschoolboy has pictured to himself, in his romanticfancy, those high walls, broad and strong, on whichsoldiers may ride side by side, as on the city wallsof ancient Babylon. Its large population has beenmagnified, and reiteration is necessary to prove thatPeking not only is not the largest city of the world,but not the largest city of China. However, let thecharm still abide, and let us together visit the wonderand pride of at least the Chinaman, and let us togetherform our candid estimate, be it praise or detraction. One who has seen other cities in China, and noticedthe narrow streets, with their bustling pedestrians, issurprised on entering Peking to see the broad thorough-fares, one hundred feet wide, with carts moving l

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