 | Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson - 1902 - 80 sivua
...a feeling which is, and must always be, the most potent factor in our relations with the West—our profound mistrust and dislike of your civilization....has never been Christian; whereas ours is Confucian 5 through and through. But to say that it is Confucian, is to say that it is moral; or, at least (for... | |
 | 1902 - 848 sivua
...also embodies, as we think, a moral order; while in yours we detect only an economic chaos. AVhether your religion be better than ours I do not at present...certain that it has less influence on your society. . . . We measure the degree of civilization, not by accumulation of the means of living, but by the... | |
 | 1903 - 472 sivua
...stability for which we search in vain among the nations of Europe. But not only is our civilisation stable, it also embodies, as we think, a moral order...on your society. You profess Christianity, but your civilisation has never been Christian, whereas ours is Confucian through and through. But to say that... | |
 | Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson - 1904 - 74 sivua
...the nation. Yet even those acts (strongly as they are condemned by all educated Chinamen) deserve, 4 I venture to think, on the part of Europeans, a consideration...has never been Christian ; whereas ours is Confucian 5 through and through. But to say that it is Confucian, is to say that it is moral ; or, at least (for... | |
 | Albert Shaw - 1904 - 982 sivua
...found in the West, — it " embodies a moral order, while in yours we detect only an economic chaos." "You profess Christianity, but your civilization has...Christian ; whereas ours is Confucian through and through. . . . Among you, no one is contented, no one has leisure to live, so intent are all on increasing the... | |
 | Washington Gladden - 1909 - 32 sivua
...it is its business to make this application. That critic whose words I was just quoting says again, "Whether your religion be better than ours, I do not...certain that it has less influence on your society." This must be confessed to be a grave defect in the type of Christianity with which we are familiar.... | |
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On the contrary, such antiquity is, at any rate, a proof that our institutions have guaranteed to us a stability for which we search in vain among the nations of Europe. But not only is our civilization stable, it also embodies, as we think, a moral order;... 