. The science of railways . O abo I« oa n -«5 CARRIAGE IN BURMAH AND SIAM. 253. PRIMITIVE CARRIAGE IN CHINA. When, with advancing age, men grow cold andcalculating, they no longer enter into new ven-tures or seek to explore new fields. They clingwith stubborn tenacity to that with which theyare familiar. On the other hand, the young con-tinually speculate upon higher and better condi-tions and hail every change as an advantage,without stopping to scrutinize what is likely tofollow in its train. The old man is in the mainright. Experience has made him wise. Of allmen he alone can estimate the u
. The science of railways . O abo I« oa n -«5 CARRIAGE IN BURMAH AND SIAM. 253. PRIMITIVE CARRIAGE IN CHINA. When, with advancing age, men grow cold andcalculating, they no longer enter into new ven-tures or seek to explore new fields. They clingwith stubborn tenacity to that with which theyare familiar. On the other hand, the young con-tinually speculate upon higher and better condi-tions and hail every change as an advantage,without stopping to scrutinize what is likely tofollow in its train. The old man is in the mainright. Experience has made him wise. Of allmen he alone can estimate the unknown inhuman affairs. But when it comes to a trial ofstrength, as it always does, he is worsted by hisyounger brother, and this the world accepts as ajustification of the superior wisdom of the latterand his greater capacity for governing. Here, asin every instance in practical life, energy is mis-taken by the crowd for wisdom; assurance forknowledge. China is the old man of the world—the grand-father of nations. It is not at all certain thatthe people of that country wo
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