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0098 Among the Celestials : vol.1
天の間で : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000297
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in a new country. They are deficient in mili-
tary aptitude and spirit, the result of which
will probably be that they will have to give
way before one or other of the more highly
organised military powers pressing on them.
Moreover, their strong conservative instincts
which bind them down to methods unadapted
to new requirements, and their lack of con-
structive imagination which indicates a merely
imitative ability, should lead us to suppose that
no very high form of development is likely to
occur. And their foolish superstitions often
stand sadly in the way of progress.
Yet, notwithstanding these decided draw-
backs, there are still sufficient grounds for
prophesying a great advance in coming years.
We have to regard the immensely powerful
influences now being brought to bear upon
the country. We have to take into account
those changes in the environing conditions
which modern science has effected. Up to the
present century Manchuria was surrounded on
the north by barbarous tribes. Coreans had
in ancient days made frequent invasions, but
neither from across the Amur nor by sea had
pressure ever been brought upon Manchuria.