IIIFカラー高解像度
国立情報学研究所 - ディジタル・シルクロード・プロジェクト
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| Among the Celestials : vol.1 | |
| 天の間で : vol.1 |
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引用情報
CHAP. VII.
TURFAN. 163
Hajji. Mohammed himself was not, I daresay,
very different either in his appearance or his
manner. And I could imagine a man of strong
personality and great magnetic influence, and
with the fiery zeal of an Eastern race so
impressing his ideas upon those about him,
as to produce an effect which may carry on
for centuries after. Asiatic people live more
together than inhabitants of colder regions.
They constantly meet with one another. Half
their day is spent in talking, and they naturally
collect round a man who shows a commanding
influence. They hang upon his words and
lethargically accept the authority he insidiously
exerts upon them. Men like this Arab Hajji
exert but a passing influence. Others, like the
so-called Mandi in the Sudan, for years sway
hundreds of thousands. Mohammed for twelve
centuries has influenced millions of the human
race. It is but a question of degree.
I had read in some book that at Turfan it
was so hot that people lived in holes under-
ground. I never quite believed it, but to-day
I found it was a real fact. Here in the inn
yard was a narrow flight of steps leading under-
ground. I went down them, and found a room
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