Essays in Modern Military Biography
Essays in Modern Military Biography
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Not to dwell on these longer, we are content with total dissent from the hints which he, though ' no Mandarin worshipper ' by his own account, scatters plentifully through his pages, that modem Europe in general, and England in particular, are vastly behind the Flowery Iknd in civiUsation, decency, and religion. Europe, it is true, has known evil days under the hands of fierce con- querors, plundering and destroying in religion's name ; but its annals may be ransacked in vain, without find- ing... any parallel to the miseries endured in those pro- vinces of China over which ' The Heavenly King,' jthe Digitized by Google THE TAIPING REBELLION. 167 Taiping prophet, extended his fell sway for ten sad years.
Hung Sew-tsuen (better known in China by his assumed title, Tien Wang) must be a character with some considerable attractions about him to a biographer, for Mr. Wilson, unintentionally it may be, seems dis- posed to make him his hero, forgetting that this was not the purpose of the book.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Not to dwell on these longer, we are content with total dissent from the hints which he, though ' no Mandarin worshipper ' by his own account, scatters plentifully through his pages, that modem Europe in general, and England in particular, are vastly behind the Flowery Iknd in civiUsation, decency, and religion. Europe, it is true, has known evil days under the hands of fierce con- querors, plundering and destroying in religion's name ; but its annals may be ransacked in vain, without find- ing... any parallel to the miseries endured in those pro- vinces of China over which ' The Heavenly King,' jthe Digitized by Google THE TAIPING REBELLION. 167 Taiping prophet, extended his fell sway for ten sad years.
Hung Sew-tsuen (better known in China by his assumed title, Tien Wang) must be a character with some considerable attractions about him to a biographer, for Mr. Wilson, unintentionally it may be, seems dis- posed to make him his hero, forgetting that this was not the purpose of the book.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Charles Cornwallis Chesney to read onlineMoreLess
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