But I Wish To Point Out That

And Revolutions Always Mean The Breakdown Of Old Authority.

Within My Own Life, I Read All The Beloved Novels By Lamps Of Vegetable Oil; I Saw The Standard Oil Invading My Own Village, I Saw Gas Lamps In The Chinese Shops In Shanghai; And I Saw Their Elimination By Electric Lights.

But I Wish To Point Out That It Is Entirely Wrong To Say That The Chinese Are Not Religious.

On July 26, 1916, I Announced To All My Friends In America That From Now On I Resolved To Write No More Poems In The Classical Language, And To Begin My Experiments In Writing Poetry In The So-called Vulgar Tongue Of The People.

The Jesuits Had Learned That A Christian Mission To China Could Never Succeed If It Were Not In A Position To Show And Convince The Chinese Intelligentsia Of The Superiority Of The European Culture.