The bright side of humanity; glimpses of life in every land (1900)
Pell, Edward Leigh, 1861- [from old catalog] · Richmond, Va., The B. F. Johnson publishing co · leaf 386
ord. A permanency of Chinese institutions, says Dr. Cun-nyngham, certainly speaks well for them. If they have not ZZV THE FLOWERY KINGDOM. 359 solved the great problem of liuinan government, they havesucceeded in preserving intact, through thousands of years, farbeyond that of any other nation,… … TWO YELL.OV/ KIDS. to parents. This habit of subordination, he says, and the con-stant control of their passions tends to render crimes of violenceless frequent than in almost any other country. It is generallyadmitted that the long life of the Chinese government is duemainly to the fact that it is…
Ethnology · Manners and customs · Temperament
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