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    abroadeveryyear,andidstofallthisinsanitythepeople,whose

    isareiediatelyaffected,otsay”no”totheirrulersandoppressors.

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    havelostallitsralvaluesanditssensehtandwrong.

    agtoareportbyprofessorhsftpingcvabg,pabfisberofthe

    indepereviseditedbydr,ha

    foritisapparentthatasystefideashasllapsed,ideasralandideaspolitical.

    oldentandasystefralideashwere

    adequatetointaiionallife,butodayarethrooftheir

    bearingsandperhapsdoreharhangood.who

    etoa,forpatiehisuntrybehadfortheasking.andwhowould

    buyeknessandhulityandallthosenicechristianherdvirtuesthatchristendobr >

    hasnotleaedaftertillenniuofprayingandpsalingingandsernizing

    letthetoa,forinpaganathesechristianvirtuesareasabundantas

    sandsinthedesertandaspohase

    overthenationallife,andinsteadofthepritive,patriarchalheydayofpead

    leisureandurtesy,eandgoldandselfassertion,and

    allthepatiendeknessandhulitythatadoedtheapatteoflife

    usthasten,itsllapse.

    itseetheranotadjustitselftoaneressive

    peopleallaroundanddendinganepooflife;and,

    fearfulandangryandpoiseandgoodsensefor

    sonlysoretly,lostitsethosanditsnational

    selfnfidendfrohislossofselfnfidehasbeefreakish,

    badteered,oversensitive,anddoesandsaysnyfoolishthings,likeanunhappy

    husbandoranoldnsufferingfroardenedveins.thenationfrisksas,and

    alteatesbetegaloniaandlancholia,andeasilybeeshysterical.this

    isespeoreartioreintelligent,class,

    ingsenseofhelplessness,atledoadepression

    ofspirits.soofthesesedofouroersand

    olies,andofourosandlanguageandartsandliterature,andwouldlike

    toverauphahugeshroudasifitinkingcarcass,andallow

    foseeonlyselves,

    npeoplerelysufferandcarryon.

    thenonahesubnsciousleapstothefore,andtherulingclassesknow

    thatsootheelvesofurse,isrunnirytoperdition,andthey

    turalists,andpanaeadvocate

    salvationbyleaingtheuseofeguns,anotherbyfrugalityandthewearingof

    sandals,anotherbydangandroduofelife,anotherby

    sellingandbuyingnationalgoods,anotherbyphysicalculturethroughgoodold

    boxing,anotherbyleaingesperanto,anotherbysayingbuddhistsses,anotherby

    reintrodugthenfuclassischool,andanotherby”throheclassics

    intothetoiletforthirtyyears.5toheartheiscussingthesalvationoftheuntry

    eningtoauncilofquackdoctorsatapatiehbed.itwould

    behurousifitentalreforfthepoliticallife

    eantheabolitionoflitarisndlitaristinterferencehpolitid

    theeantheabolitionoftheprivilegesof

    therulingtojail,bothofhare

    obnoxioustotheelves,theyhavetuedtheelvesintoralupliftersand

    preaoralityonobody.onesees

    everyultandultahanofthebody,

    adhodinitssharogressivenessas

    nationalisthehighestoffientalteatebeta

    prayersforthesalvationoftheuntryandsuppressiraditionalboatraceofthe

    dragoivalbybrandingitasasuperstition.theprovis,who

    finditsodiffientsiruselves

    verybusyregulatiusofnanden,firlssleevesaretoo

    shortinkensgooolonginsze”becauseinthis

    periodofnationalcrisis,ustsaverecloth”,andtheenshairshouldnot

    beustbeshavedcloseiainschoolsin

    hunan,andthegirlsbreastsshouldnotbeboundinchekiang,andhighllared

    dressandhighheeledshoesshouldnotbeheprostitutesinnanking,and

    enshouldnotkeepledogsahehroughthestreetsinpeiping.1

    allthisnfusion,thisbusytriviality,thisdnessandhypocrisy,andthese

    exaggerationsofprideandsolicitudeseeoindicatetheexistenceofawish

    unfulfilled,andanflictofaion,he

    instayofanysoand

    therespectoftheyoung,andtheyounggro

    existsbetatureage.culture,hefruitofa

    ntinuityoflifeandthought,isnolongerpossible,andcriticisodeculture,andchfuleyeoverthefluxof

    life,liesprostratebeforeatasktoobigforitself,goodsense,

    fore,nhassothing

    undeourishedandneurasthenic,sothingpartialandieaeally

    frustratedabouthi

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