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Government House, Hung dung.
As a matter of fact the apparent inconsistencies are recon-
cilable in a higher unity, as one of our Greats lecturers used to be
fond of observing.
I have not been converted into an admirer of Sun. I agree with almost everything that Macleay says about him and I still consider that Cantlie's interference with Chinese justice in the old days was the most deplorable blow ever struck against the interests of China but since he exists we have got to reckon with him,
The whole thing turns on the man's remarkable personality.
He is not a good man, I don't think he is a clever man, he is not personally attractive, he is not honest, except possibly in the limited sense that he doesn't steal: in fact I doubt if he has a single
positive good quality apart from his undeniable courage, but unques-
tionably he is a powerful force.
As Eugene Chen put it to me. "You can think what you like
about the Doctor but you can be certain of one thing: though he may
not be able to do anything himself he will always be able to prevent
anybody else doing anything that he objects to." I don't think those
were his exact words but it is the gist of his observation and the
bearing of it lies in the application thereof, Thus. As I see the man
he has two main ideas actuating him - an enthusiastic desire for a
peaceful unified China and an enthusiastic desire for the glorification
of
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