Peeps into China . me,and, furthermore, that some ways remain to be triedthat the past may have too greatly ignored. It plainlyseemed to me that if Peking is important as amissionary station because the capital of the empire,then something is needed to influence the influentialof the capital, who are also the influential of theempire. Among the intensely conservative people of thecapital, and with the prevalent aversion of the rulingclasses, and especially of the Manchus, to holding anyprivate or social relation with foreigners, high or low,official or otherwise, it certainly requires the grea
Peeps into China . me,and, furthermore, that some ways remain to be triedthat the past may have too greatly ignored. It plainlyseemed to me that if Peking is important as amissionary station because the capital of the empire,then something is needed to influence the influentialof the capital, who are also the influential of theempire. Among the intensely conservative people of thecapital, and with the prevalent aversion of the rulingclasses, and especially of the Manchus, to holding anyprivate or social relation with foreigners, high or low,official or otherwise, it certainly requires the greatestpatience and tact to conciliate and effect confidenceand friendship. With time, money, and properappliances, and especially a proper spirit, I believe a A Peep into Chinese Politics 179 peculiar work could be inaugurated that would reacha particular class most indispensable for the conversionof the nation. All in all, I am thankful for my four monthsvisit, with its joy of romance and its lessons CHAPTEE XXXIII. THE TELEGRAPH IN CHINA.
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