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Ruins of Desert Cathay : vol.2 |
284 THE GATE OF THE ' GREAT WALL' CH.LXXV prosperity to the peasants and then invariably ruined them. For none of those who grow opium in these parts can long resist the temptation of personal use. Laziness, gambling, and other evil habits soon get firm hold of the cultivator, and in the end the mortgaged property passes out of his hands into the clutches of the town usurer. |
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