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old rule, the simple plan," is as much in force to-day as it ever was, and still it is the case that he may take who has the power, and he may keep who can,
Libert v. equality, and fraternity in the twentieth century means only this, that we are at liberty to make ourselves equal to the standard set for us by our neighbours, and that when we have done all they tell us to d., then, and then only, we are admitted to fraternity, chiefly because it no longer pays to keep us out.
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eclectics take the lilies of rare intellect and paint them. They receive these pictures of chirvoyance and frame and The complaint, however, is now made glaz thein
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own ophthalmic that the Japanese have really broken faith notions of what is fitting. The priests of with the Koren, and that, instead of merely – China in popularising Buddhism promptly establishing a temporary protectorate, they spoiled it. They restored the erroneous have virtually seized the Government of charms that frail human nature, wrapped the country. This is set forth in a letter to ¦ in protective illusions, seems to prefer; the į the Spectator which was writ en ostensibly | commonsense pill of the Buddha for super- by two Koreans, whose signature it bears, `autious people was buried and lost in the but which would seem to have been care, sugared ecclesiastical jami. The metempsy- fully edited
some European well chous of Brahminism was no more iutel. acquainted with diplomatic affairs. The case lectually repulsive than our almost sororal as put is a plausible que. The complaint theory of the conservation of energy, but the (Daily Press, March 24th.)
mɛde is undeniably true, but the rei8CTIN Hindu taste wax for swoots, und in reaction Strangely late in the day, the question of which may be taken to exeuse, if not to
theco, against, the Buddh went to the the Japanese occupation of the Korea justity, the action of Japan are entirely opposite extreme, appealed to reason for appears at last to be attracting some atten- passed over. The Japanese may have been awhil, and subsequently saw his clear- tion in the home papers; and some tardy perfectly sincere in their promise that the in- out inscription obeured with the lichen sympathy is being expressed that an old i dependence of the Korea would be preserved, of e insulatory fan 'ies. These are but Empire"-as it is styled should have to all In common with many others they may have examples of a general rule: thers is intents and purposes, passed away.
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reasonably hoped that the Koreans would no need to recite the rest; and it is certainly remarkable that at the time when be govornable by ther own authorities and: requisite only to set up the assumption the Japanese took what every one recognised that with such aid a protectork'e at most thit Coveretes, gifted with such clarity of to be nothing less than possession of the would be uccessary, The course of events, judgment, must have similarly suffered country, scarcely a word was said by way of however, made this absolutely imposable; abeurati u by thou who have followed comment either in the Press or in diplomatic and the only alternative was for Japan him. A holed sieva lets impurity fall quarters. The event in fact was accepted to take the management of affars into her through int
treasure piled as a matter of course and, hard as this own hands. Whatever may be thought of the wath; and no ordinary fingers can avoid may appear to be in some respects, it some of the actions of the J ipiness during dealing the bloom of the cluster of grapes. is scarcely to be wondered at when the the revolutionary period which en 'el in the Much med tation must have precede the antecedent facts are taken into due ruo- overthrow of the old riguing Dynasty inspiration which made Cosructus remark, sideration. Everyone acquainted with the there can hardly be a doubt that this end The wise mistake moral law for something Korea has given the same story of the utter must have been brought about in one way higher than it really is; and the foolish do weakness and corruption of the Governinei t, or another before long. In the words of not sufficiently realize all it is. Noble and of the hopelesstess of any reform from the Comte Vay de Naya, in an admirable` naturos aspire to live to a high, and ignoble witbin. Even writers like Mrs. BISHOP, resumé of the events which led up to this.
natur. « dishonour their own nobility." He who had an honest admiration for a certain which appears in a recent umber of the himself aspirel unduly, or has been so side of the Korean character, could not help! Rerue des deur monder, “the ending of represented, when he is reported as em- the ascetic scorn of natural giving an account of the administration of Korean independence was inevitable. Cm- p'asising the country which could leave no doubt in ing out victorious in
her wars "ન em tious The highest ethical idoals have the mind of any impartial reader that Korea neighbouring Powers, and enjoying in always boon things unnaturd, inhuman. had sunk to a level of corruption and the Extreme East u supremacy which The ideal of human aqiration has been to weakness compared with which China would certain, Japan was bound at any prẩy to
be something other than it is; mud, possibly appear a well governed nation. The idea of; establish herself at Soul. But, while to sive it from the reacting attending des- the Korea being protected by China, under accepting the event as in accord mice with pair, priestera't has ever been handy to whose auzerainty she nominally had long inevitable necessity, the world bas naked save appenautres with figures and symbols. been, was really outside the range of whether the preparation of the en deat Always there has been the primal force of practical political consideration, before the¦ and of the voyages of the Ministr of tear to help the amibe
The conspiracy. treaty of Simonoseki, and the chance of her ¦ Foreign Affairs, the getting up of the the original fre thinker und materialist of the ever becoming reformed from within was die .tion, at the cast of sanguinary risings.
Sankhya Karika," Iulia's “godlus tract," generally recognised as equally improbable. were not superfluous Womid it "no hay."and Cosre its himself, probably had one It is not surprising therefore, that the Japan. been more simple an1 m re diguitied for ese should have treated Korea with some- j Japan to have taken possession of the Korosu - min fof the what scant ceremony when the
prokig nee ssity straightforwardly and without disqui es of carrying troops through her territory Most people will agree with the Counte
Vay de Naya in this view of the subject Indeed it seemed to be acepted as a mutr¦ the same time it only fair to aid that of course that the Korea should becotae the 'such a course, frankly declared, might have
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for the war, and that it would; been the subject of diplanitie ale etion; fall to whichever of the two belligerents' and that the only way to be happened to come off victor. Russin did not abtaining twe a quiescence of the P... vers scruple openly to declare that the Korea was to at least make sather & acry d giving 'varcipation of Shakespeard's " To thine
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At times we so the Chinese sa ze probing a wound, halde, wad it o her titles we marvel how it can print itself to go on itself 14 it seeing to do. It is back typically Chinese to phe, the maxim“ When in Rome behave like Rónans," but it is ace dane with the enteric light af' of "Chung Yung.“ Coseretes 14 made to *AV, alm** in the same breath with his ownself be true," that the moral man onformes donwlf to Ing mavironment, øven though he find homel in an unevilized
bal form Tate Wee' it is the unlike your neighboairs; in China it is alm -8° entoral. That is perlespa how the conforming spirith screp ́int › Confucian - lism, without (we prefer to where the cumvent of Cospretts Precept i always easier than pruction, but if the very precepts bosque idulernt d with inconsistenciók And errors, what can the people do? Thus, while welcoming a new translation of the ་་།་
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•W. «l-m of the East sories we have to express our fear that the famous doctrine A * therein blutel and adulteratel. ruly understauling trauslator and editor, such as Mr KC aspires to be, would ignore the re gnised and incongruous interpol- ations of the accredited seritm K'ong Cat. biasand | Buch a mholar should be able to do this
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must be Russian. The famous utterance of Kuropatkin on this point at the apening of the war will be well remembered. Japan' W88 miere reticent and w sely refra med from any statement of her ultimate des gus, beyond foreshadowing that s me kind of protetorate might be established by her coure obviously n cesstry in faes of the declared designs of Hussis. It thus hap- pened that at the close of the war it was generally accepted that Japan must de something to prevent the Korex contmumg to be open to seizure by any Power wh might have a fancy to do so, in all pr
Doctrine of the Meat bability, at some future time by Russia, whose persistency in her aggressive policy that this guide to hide was abroad is only too well known. Few wore
wider publie than even China h-logov. therefore opposed to Japan taking up a
it. And truly, like the e irate's egg, in parts strong position in the Korea when the wit it is excelent, like all the oğant literary
hi ginest ethical came to an end; nor was Japan altogether products of the world's unwelcome in the Kor a itself among the thinkers Like most other systems, IU 40=ID% mass of the people, who hoped, not without to have acquires accretions. Poruszal worden, reason, that her presence might be the misunderstanding disciples, and
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