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undergoantaltortureoforerobustandlessintelligenthavenoinkling
ofanideaanditisnotthenovicebuttheninserviceforfouryearswhobegins
torealizethatdesertionisoftenavirtueoneoooneselfandtheonlysaneurse
opentoasensibleandhonestn
butthegeneralntalintelligenothersourcesthanericaandeuropeanllegesoften
distinguishtheelvesacadecally;andithinkthisishardlyduetoaprocessof
seleindislongusedtoaethe
japanesehavesarcasticallydubbedthechinese”aliterarynation;”andjustifiablyso
anexaleofthisistheenorusoutputofcurrentchinesegaziness
tocropuptogetherinacity;andthe
trendousnuerofagazineeditorsoveredhtheir
artiperialexanationsedout;wereakindof
intelligenindinthefineuseof
inthehigherspheresofliteraryexpression;andintasteandfinessethechineseart
ofpaintinghasreachedaheightyetunreachedbythe;andincalligraphythey
haveforgedaaxinvarietyand
refinentinthenicbeauty
thechinesendthereforecannotbeaccusedoflackingoriginalityorcreativeness
itsinventivenesshasbeenequaltothehandicraftstageinries
havealainedbeethodand
becauseofthepeculiarqualitiesofchinesethinking;chinahasbeenbackwardin
naturalscienceihavenfidence;hoportationofthescientific
thod;andhadequateresearchfacilities;chinaoproducegreat
scientistsandkeiortantntributionstothescientifichenextcentury
norissuchnativeintelligencenfinedtotheeducatedclasschineseservantsare
greatlyedonaanunderstanding;
andstbeputatleastonaparerchantshave
prosperedinthelaystates;intheeastindiesandinthephilippineschiefly
becausetheirintelligencehasbeengreaterthanthatofthenativesandbecauseof
thosevirtuesthatefrontelligence;suchasthrift;steadyindustryand
farsightednesstherespectforscholarshiphasbroughtaboutageneraldesirefor
refinentevenangtheloiddleclass;of
aetisoffendthedepartntstoresalesn
bytalkingdoin”pidginnotknoanyofthereparticular
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indeed;theininendinnyrespearizeitsvariousaspectsthequalitiesofthe
fenineintelligenind
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abstractter;likeensspeechthechinesehinkingissynthetic;
ncreteandrevelsinproverbs;likeensnversationtheyneverhavehad
highertheticsoftheirohavegonebeyondthelevelof
arithtic;likenyen;asculineen
prizeenhaveasurerinstinen;andthe
chinesehaveitrethanotherpeoplethechinesedependlargelyupontheir
intuitionforsolvingallnaturessteries;thatsa”intuition”or”sixthsense”
akesnyenbelieveathingissobecauseitissoandfinallychinese
logicishighlypersonal;likeenslogicaanintroducea
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abstractentity;butasaflexiblequantityasitshouldbepersonallyappliedtolonel
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thepersonalityoflonelhuangorjorliisinhunandthereforenolaall
chinesejusticeisanart;notascience
1thisrefers;ofurse;togeneralanhoodasbroughtaboutbythepresentsocial
syste
jespersen;inhishandstructureofenglish;once
referredtothesculinequalitiesoftheenglishlanguagebypointingtoitsloveof
eno;nsenseandforcefulnesshoutontradictsogreatan
authorityojitheenglishlanguage;ibegtodifferonapointhesexes
nsenseandthepracticalndarecharacteristicsofenratherthanof
n;oreliabletotaketheirfeetoffthegroundandsoartoiossible
heightsthechineselanguageandgraarshoininityexactlybecausethe
language;initsforsyntaxandvocabulary;revealsanextresilicityof
thinking;nageryandenoofsyntacticalrelationships
thissilicityisbestillustratedfroidgin;eathchinese
bones;ase;youno
e;youe;henoe”shouldnotbensideredasclearasthere
roundabout”youneednte;ifhees;andheneednte;ifyoue”in
faoon;indeansenglish;quotes
anenglishsorsetfarrastestifyingbeforethejudge:”hedastick;andheda
stick;andhelickedhe;andhelickedhe;ifhelickedheashardashelickedhe;heda
killedhe;andnothehe;”andthisseetoachresensiblealking
thanoneaniccasedistinctionsforacrdingtothechinese;the
differencebetplex;andtheaddingofthethirdpersonsingularending”s”
isassuperfluousasisalreadyprovedtobeinthepasttenseihad;hehad;i;he
things”houtever
beingsunderstoodorlosinganythingexceptaaningless”class”hhas
nothingtodohthebeautyofexpressionihavegreathopethatenglishand
aricanprofessorsablypronouncea”hedont”in
thesandthattheenglishlanguageyonedaybeeassensibleand
clearasthechinese;throughtheinfluenceofpidgin
acertainfeninepracticalinstincthasalreadyguidedtheenglishtoabbreviateall
theirsubordinateclausesaschaspossible;like”itting5”god
ed”ifidontnotshallnot
ebacktonightand”ifnotshallbreakoutnextweek”
jespersenalreadyntionssuplicityinenglishas”first
e;firstserved”nocure;nopay;””oncebitten;tandard
pidgintheyarebeginningtodropthe”;”too”o”
englishgraaristhereforenotfarfroalvationtheplicityis;
hoountainety”othe
chineseclearlyansthat”ifyouonlysitandeatanddonothing;evenafortuneas
bigasauntaiibeforetheenglishcan
catchuphus
thechinesencretehinkingcanalsobeillustratedbythenatureofits
abstraetaphoricexpressionsanabstract
notionisoftenexpressedbythebinationoftall”
for”size;””longshort”for”length;””broadnarroh””isthe
bigsllofyourshoes””long”and”short”alsorefertotherightandwrongof
partiesindispute;asthechineseexpressionisentislongor
short”andthereforeilar
totheenglish”thelongandtheshortofitis”and”thatnhasnorightwrong”
aningheisagoodnbecausehepreservesagodlikeindifferencetowardall
questi