Excerpt from The Chinese Empire: A Sequel to Recollections of a Journey Through Tartary and Thibet In matters of opinion it cannot be expected that the views of the author should always agree with those of English Protestants he has of course looked at things with his own eyes, and not with ours, but it is never difficult to make allowance for the effect of the refracting medium through which (as it appears to us) he has regarded matters connected with the interests of his Church. His religion, it may be added, is ...
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Excerpt from The Chinese Empire: A Sequel to Recollections of a Journey Through Tartary and Thibet In matters of opinion it cannot be expected that the views of the author should always agree with those of English Protestants he has of course looked at things with his own eyes, and not with ours, but it is never difficult to make allowance for the effect of the refracting medium through which (as it appears to us) he has regarded matters connected with the interests of his Church. His religion, it may be added, is evidently not worn as a garment, but interwoven with every thought and occurrence of his daily life, and it will therefore Often attract the spiritual sympathies of those who may differ most widely from him on doctrinal points. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... 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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