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Excerpt from Robert Morrison: The Pioneer of Chinese Missions
China is the home of a very ancient and advanced civilisation. Its inhabitants were clothed in their silken and linen fabrics when our forefathers were simply staining their skins with woad. They had their great cities when the tribes of Britain rambled in primeval forests. They manu factured paper nine hundred years before Europe had dis covered the useful art. They invented printing at least five hundred years before the Dutchman took the impres sion of the letters he had carved upon the tree. They had used the mariner''s compass for five centuries before Marco Polo brought it into Europe. They had an extensive manufacture of pottery and porcelain ages before the ele gant forms of Grecian or Etruscan pottery were moulded. They were acquainted with abstruse philosophies and curious sciences before the Republic of Rome had arisen. From hoar antiquity popular education had existed in the land, and by a system of competitive examinations every office of the State has been thrown open even to the poorest. Thus China, as a great and civilised nation, comes down the stream of time side by side with the ancient empires of Egypt, Assyria, and India. These passed away, and there succeeded the splendid empires of Greece and Rome, and these again have been followed by the young, fresh nations of Europe and America. But China has not passed away as its early contemporaries did, but is to - day as populous, as strong, and as promising in regard to the future as it has ever been.
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China is the home of a very ancient and advanced civilisation. Its inhabitants were clothed in their silken and linen fabrics when our forefathers were simply staining their skins with woad. They had their great cities when the tribes of Britain rambled in primeval forests. They manu factured paper nine hundred years before Europe had dis covered the useful art. They invented printing at least five hundred years before the Dutchman took the impres sion of the letters he had carved upon the tree. They had used the mariner''s compass for five centuries before Marco Polo brought it into Europe. They had an extensive manufacture of pottery and porcelain ages before the ele gant forms of Grecian or Etruscan pottery were moulded. They were acquainted with abstruse philosophies and curious sciences before the Republic of Rome had arisen. From hoar antiquity popular education had existed in the land, and by a system of competitive examinations every office of the State has been thrown open even to the poorest. Thus China, as a great and civilised nation, comes down the stream of time side by side with the ancient empires of Egypt, Assyria, and India. These passed away, and there succeeded the splendid empires of Greece and Rome, and these again have been followed by the young, fresh nations of Europe and America. But China has not passed away as its early contemporaries did, but is to - day as populous, as strong, and as promising in regard to the future as it has ever been.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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William John Townsend
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ISBN - 9780260375834
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Page Count - 272
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