The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-12-24

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toned, H8t the author to re s
murder your compatrlots that ", z t-s
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isonuIbe 'N'.ls8 would no h irfcrcnc " from :,
lhe present conduct oflSyolii' troops N
China to the general Western
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he. informed hat china would not e g, !, Il
chang Ions us q
tho g reatness piact e,il 5nIld
$scientilic arheyen tent We iiHdS5.i
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coarse N morals 20 I, low, K nd "a y a ppearS q
ance as those WIN y, when
are q s. yG :, u
What you cal IL prog rJ.ssl I've peopl "
vet peicei 70 tina progr may be %6ongn Z,
5too dear We pref err oHil moral To-
determined 10 cling 10 the Institutions
which, we be evc, III re $ius the former.
ever n y risk q excluding ourselves Es
tent ana 3purport.N Any mai n whom Il
Chinese official intinntes, with simple
directness, that Ills manncfNS are coal st, a
his morals; low and his a:ppsara nee .,.I.-
We OF America are prone ITO pc fnlrly
cpnplneer,t ms re "a rds[ our m ;inners, NOR,
S ana
lluponS our minds tho e rec OF the $.ln pre-
stcntious truth that the aspect Of things
.y e, ss natqes
arguments sake tina t most Of sus wear
fglasses &C. ONE Kind or 9th er,b Of course
tits interest and then to steal ~:
i'pecps at things through SO N pody elste's:f
o ,Ii that these tiers AFFORD to tho
generally w!l he found !, refreshing,
TENTH OF NTU K y. Il BY s!dney Zee
ma ges 81 10 net. 5g Charles Scrib-3
81 ner's Sons, New York; Bell Book q
3s$ss Stationery Company Richmond.
III a sense tho sixteenth century was.
as Mr. Lee observes. the nge OF transition
from the ancient TO the oderll5 GRID.
from 4 he age Of darkness and sllpn o.
|Fstlt!on to t ha age of light and scientific
knowledge The causes underlying the
nsion tliA Y be gan In the
Inst quartz OF the fteen *! Istire
|Snot far to seek 3; the 81 gns: 81 thei5tlmes
faro so plain that even he u r, inner may
read them CHIEF among tlletl, obv lousl VI \.
were the invention Of prlnsing ana IT'S
pract teal ication, and the @di sec veries
|Sot9 Columbus and other. DO ID No gers IN
one direction, and OF Copernic us8 In ali-&
otter.S The physlcal u boundar les tto 6 the
universe, which had long been re garued$
as determined for TIM g, sud denly.
Sishcd,, as q IA breath, and men. found Y
lathemse lyes gazing out on # q world, Vi VI q
hitherto unSuspec ted I'm m er1s1 tyE Of Itch
l5Well-nigf left them q spec less. The
earth. hitherto believed to DO the center
5or tho verse sf,o VII. e bs only
humorous similar bod los treyolv ing around
the sum- It was thus IS yer, 70 81 teenth
century ma Y mot only g perceive Ior me
First time the o. :, ms y,
|5mer Of an sunder stand ing 7of that enrth's
place IN 81. the econ !, Of me lnltless
| armament. ,l' At q limos " he 81 me moment
|glt4 happened that tia Greek subjects oi
or their home poured into ny IN
|aroppe, bringing wthBthemg their her tage Of
|learning and, more ngtbl ~, The s"manu-
script memorials Fl OF " Greek int llectual,
.clllture,'% BY what would almost seem
\ 5nS stroke of Providence. q e 20 W'erfu nd
I.cEownig stimulus y Q the Spirit LOT the
"Reminiscences was furnishe ed b by I no tact
I1t1lnt only q few years bef ore Cax TON had
sat " NE allrst pr!n!ing
iaddltlons to the ran ge 81 ntolledt nal en-
ercises. q i$ endeavor and specllat ton IN
|3nonnection with 3 this 9 wonderful si!neyy
IMethud for lts X would w
t,tSt the me- men 81 tho sixteenth century had
|"Knowled ge. = says Mr. Lee. .'heca me the
ever present guest stud yleldsaa es2a,
|le1c ch vas
fountains of know ge,s and were 81 in-
| satiate, lEXtrayagant conventions We're
lbred Of the ctlpabll ties q mans ellecl,
which made It easy of belief that omnlT5
IH7Eofsal this and much more our aut hor,
I'Smlhne, Spirit Of tic slyteentl, centllry.'
which serves ms a. sort & IN rod uetlotl 70
Ibis OF slx 49, the gTea,I men a 81
lEtiiat spirit, The hal f-dozen men whom
Y MI. Lee has singled out as lyrical &c
1.-the century nre Sir. Thomas More, q, slr
ltmundd Gspencer,l francis Bacon, and Wi-s
Liam snapespeare,' M +. Lee Is wei kn oWnl
IStonal Iiogra ply, y and what he has to.
| say about tile character and 81 gnltieance5
Of tho eareers OF these5 linn or ais yInerltsS
|, a careful rea ding, Most Of the papets
| ally given AS lectures before the lowell
\ Institute - f+-4 stoll, "! SsSt & II NJ
fIIEl q U JEST oF JLIIN CHAP a; a AMY
MILAN Co. New YoT Isl
IN tho latter half Of the eighteenth cen;
ltury there were ma ny curl GUS ta les told
Iaalleys OF q nysterl nus old ma i, Who, hey
| ssaid, Aoated down the river IN! q boat laden
4 With app es sesds. Which he planted ~ psAl