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    theaesthetiancyhasthereforeaveryclosebearingonchinese

    arinationofthesetting

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    andthereforebreakstheneilysrise

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    knowledgeofgeology

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    byitsdishayandbyitsviolentselfassertion,astethebest

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    ourhunhabitations

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    chapteriv

    theartofliving

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    sauchrelovablethanthechinesein

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    leisuretheyareattheirbesttheyhavesochleisureandsochleisurely

    jovialitythischapteroftheirlifeisanopenbookforanyoneenear

    thendlivetoreadtherethechinesearetrulytheelvesandattheir

    best,becausetheretheyshoheirbestcharacteristic,geniality

    givenextensiveleisure,donotthechinesedotheyeatcrabs,drinktea,taste

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    epeople,criticizetheirpoliticians,readbuddhistclassics,practisedeepbreathing,

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    another,producechildren,andsleep

    forthechinesehavealajoritystillkeeptheirgenialityandtheirjoviality,althoughtheeducatedonesin

    dechinaareusuallybadteeredandpessistic,havinglostalltheirsenseof

    valuesfestillshoasteandfinesse,andthisisnatural,fortaste

    eshtradit

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