 | Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson - 1902 - 80 sivua
...You profess Christianity, but your civilization has never been Christian; whereas ours is Confucian 5 through and through. But to say that it is Confucian,...economic relations come first, and upon these you endeavour, afterwards, to graft as much morality as they will admit. This point I may illustrate by... | |
 | 1903 - 472 sivua
...certain that it has less influence on your society. You profess Christianity, but your civilisation has never been Christian, whereas ours is Confucian...economic relations come first, and upon these you endeavour afterwards to graft as much morality as they will admit. . . . " Now, to us of the East all... | |
 | Sir Nathaniel Nathan - 1909 - 442 sivua
...we think, a moral order ; while in yours we detect only an economic chaos. Whether your religion is better than ours, I do not at present dispute ; but...contemplates ; whereas with you (so it seems to us) economic considerations come first, and upon these you endeavour afterward to graft as much morality as they... | |
 | Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson - 1911 - 76 sivua
...add, by those of our Government ; for the Government in China does not represent the nation. Yet even those acts (strongly as they are condemned by all...economic relations come first ; and upon these you endeavour afterwards, to graft as much morality as they will admit. This point I may illustrate by... | |
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... the nations of Europe. But not only is our civilization stable, it also embodies, as we think, a moral order ; while in yours we detect only an economic chaos. Whether your religion be better than ours, I do not at present dispute ; but it is certain... 