Peeps into China . 90 CHAPTEE XVI. A VISIT TO THE GREAT WALL OF ERY few visitors to the city of Peking havethe humility or courage to abstain fromvisiting the Great Wall. Not to do asothers do would be an eccentricity. Themissionary, not altogether free from innate pride,listens to the call of his worldly ambition, and aftermany an inward struggle makes one desperate resolve,and goes to the wall/ Happy the man who can finda guide, not from among the covetous Chinamen orfrom the ranks of easy-going men of the world, butfrom those cool-headed men of experience who formthe missionary body
Peeps into China . 90 CHAPTEE XVI. A VISIT TO THE GREAT WALL OF ERY few visitors to the city of Peking havethe humility or courage to abstain fromvisiting the Great Wall. Not to do asothers do would be an eccentricity. Themissionary, not altogether free from innate pride,listens to the call of his worldly ambition, and aftermany an inward struggle makes one desperate resolve,and goes to the wall/ Happy the man who can finda guide, not from among the covetous Chinamen orfrom the ranks of easy-going men of the world, butfrom those cool-headed men of experience who formthe missionary body-guard of the imperial no little pleasure did I learn that a fellow-American, the Eev. Mr. Whiting, had been advisedby his physician to take a short trip into the country,and that he was inclined to accompany me on a visitto the Great Wall. Being an old resident of Pekingand accustomed to travel all prices were smoothlyarranged with cartman, donkey-driver, innkeeper, andthe many impromptu gatekeepers of all the famousresorts along the route. The wall by
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