America, Through the Spectacles of an Oriental DiplomatFrederick A. Stokes Company, 1914 - 267 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 11 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
الصفحة 192 - The smoke ascends To heaven as lightly from the Cottage hearth As from the haughty palace. He, whose soul Ponders this true equality, may walk The fields of earth with gratitude and hope...
الصفحة 46 - The limitation or suspension shall be reasonable, and shall apply only to Chinese who may go to the United States as laborers, other classes not being included in the limitations. Legislation taken in regard to Chinese laborers will be of such a character only as is necessary to enforce the regulation, limitation, or suspension of immigration, and immigrants shall not be subject to personal maltreatment or abuse.
الصفحة 183 - Honor thy father and thy mother, been so religiously obeyed, or so fully and without exception given effect to, and it is in fact the keynote of their family, social, official, and national life, and because it is so, their days are long in the land God has given them.
الصفحة 182 - ... they believe in right so firmly that they scorn to think it requires to be supported or enforced by might...
الصفحة 47 - Chinese subjects, whether proceeding to the United States as teachers, students, merchants or from curiosity, together with their body and household servants, and Chinese laborers who are now in the United States shall be allowed to go and come of their own free will and accord, and shall be accorded all the rights, privileges, immunities, and exemptions which are accorded to the citizens and subjects of the most favored nation.
الصفحة 144 - Nothing is more certain than that our manners, our civilization, and all the good things which are connected with manners and with civilization, have, in this European world of ours, depended for ages upon two principles, and were indeed the result of both combined ; I mean the spirit of a gentleman, and the spirit of religion.
الصفحة 45 - Chinese subjects visiting or residing in the United States, shall enjoy the same privileges, immunities, and exemptions in respect to travel or residence, as may there be enjoyed by the citizens or subjects of the most favored nation.
الصفحة 221 - the study of agencies under social control that may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations, either physically or mentally.
الصفحة 115 - I did so he looked down as though he did not wish to see me. Finally I gave up the attempt. This is the general habit with English gentlemen. They will not speak to a stranger without a proper introduction ; but in the case I have mentioned surely the rule would have been more honored by a breach than by the observance. Seeing that we were fellow students, it might have been presumed that we were gentlemen and on an equal footing. How different are the manners of the American ! You can hardly take...