Harvard University - Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School / Heard family. Heard family business records, Volume FP-4, Folder GQ-2-2, and Volume JP-2.
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which 1t not fu- from :ano:po. I have
never been there b\\.t
it it
often viti ted b7 fol"tlipen and i. said. to be
well worth .eeing. at all ... isits to taoplet, indeed, I may sey, on all
trips in the country in China. foroignen live in the temple"- indeed.
the7 are entirely indebted to the hospitalities of the prieats for their
colllfortt in thai>. Theu urTiets ara rtndered mOlt wl11iIlg17.
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arrival
at a
temple.
the prietts put a certain pu-t of it at thfl d18po.ition of
the .tranger. and then leave
him
to look out for himself . One
alw~s
traveh with
hi.
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corrrnt Btu-1at, ..hlch inclu.de, everything nece ..
e.ry
for
him "to live, mo...e an.d. have
hi,
be1D& . ' He putt hit mattraBt on the floor
and la,y. hiB table in the "hall of five hundred Gods . " 'The Chine.. have
no feeling of re...erence for their sacred plaeee . One cannot help being
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truck with the difference "ttween the Chinese and other :Ealtern nationt
in thl. retpect. The wa.'tometan, for Instance, will not allow 70U to enter
a moeque 'llthout
taking
off 70ur shou . the Chrl.Uan make. 70U take off
your hat; indeed, all nation. require .ame mark of respect, but the Chin_
e .. d.Oet not care what you do . H6 has no feeling of re.pect himself .
When
he
goe. befors the high altar with you
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make. some
genufle~ions,
it
is true, but
he
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la~h
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perhap. remerk., "foolo pigeon."
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a do"en foreignerll .pread directly 'Ullder the high altu, where throned
the l!uddh1.t Trinit7 and heard. their touts and eong., not alw8¥s of a
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acred nature, rise with the incante from the Jo ..-stick••
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lnother thing in regard. to thete expedition. in the country,
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the perfection of all the arrangenent • •
I,
had
a butler in lIhencha1 named Polin, who was
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