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0089 Among the Celestials : vol.1
天の間で : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000297
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carriages to drive abreast on it, with towers
every few hundred yards. This was the Great
Wall of China at its commencement, and it
is, I think, almost more wonderful than the
Pyramids. I have seen both. Both astounded
me by their evidence of colossal industry ; but
the Great Wall of China, pushing straight over
the mountains, regardless of height and dis-
tance, is, perhaps, the more impressive of the
two. There are points, however, in which the
Pyramids excel the Great Wall. The Pyramids
are perfect throughout. Not a flaw can be
found. Each huge block is laid with absolute
precision, and there is no sign inside or out of
anything less enduring than these immense
blocks of stone being employed. Each one is
an emblem of all that is rigid, exact and stable
The Great Wall, on the other hand, though it
runs for hundreds of miles in the magnificent
state I have described, dwindles down eventu-
ally to a mere mud wall, and, moreover, even
in the best parts, the inside is only rubbish.
It is not perfect throughout its entire length,
nor solid right through. The Pyramids will
remain when the Great Wall has run to ruin.
On New Year's Day, 1887, we reached