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forlorn, forsaken; in pitiful condition.
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“pro-Chinese,” a foreigner who favors or sides with the Chinese.
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candid, unprejudiced; free from dissimulation or reserve.
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insincere paradox . A paradox is a statement that is contrary to the generally accepted opinion, that conflicts with preconceived notions of the reasonable or possible. When Mr. Dickinson makes the statement that China is more civilized than the modern West, he states an opinion that seems to be contrary to the generally accepted opinion that China is not as civilized as the modern West. People suspect that he is not sincere when he makes such a statement.
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unqualified . You qualify statement by putting limitations to or modifying it. An unqualified sense is a meaning that has not had this limitation or modification put on.
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irrelevant, not concerned with the matter in hand; not pertinent to.
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superstructure, what rests on a foundation; a building in relation to its foundations.
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water-taps, the tubular plug with internal valve by which the flow of water from a pipe can be allowed or checked.
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sewers, covered underground drains for carrying off the refuse of houses or towns.
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the Roman Empire, established by Augustus （27 B.C.）, divided by Theodosius （A.D. 395） into western and eastern. Western down till 1806.
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scrofulous, the adjective of the noun scrofula , a constitutional disease with glandular swellings.
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corrugated iron roofs, iron sheetings bent into wavy ridges, used to cover the roofs of buildings, especially buildings for manufacturing and other industrial purposes.
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blot, blemish; something that spoils or mars the beauty and perfection.
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decadent æsthetes, lovers or appreciators of beauty who cling to theories that are declining or dying.
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Weste rn tourists, holiday travelers from the West; Occidental travelers.
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funicular railway, railway worked by cable and stationary engine.
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advertisement, billboards with pictures and writing painted or printed on, in glaring colors, to advertise a particular kind of goods.
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paying investment, a business investment that pays profits in return for the capital that you have put into the project.
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affectation, artificial or studied display of modesty.
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Questions
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1. How was the way wonderful?
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2. How do the Chinese show that they are peculiarly sensitive to such beauty?
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3. When men worship the mountain, what is it that they worship?
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4. For what sort of religion do the Chinese seem to be pre-eminently gifted ?
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5. On what did we Chinese rear the superstructure of a great culture? What does Western civilization bring?
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