The Days of a Man 1911 



the old city wall which kept out brigands, tigers, and 

 leopards alike. The general physical surroundings 

 bear some resemblance to those of Prescott, Arizona, 

 but the human adjustments are very different. In 

 climate, however, the difference is not so great, except 

 that the Korean winter is much the colder, with an 

 abundance of snow. 



My principal address was given in the great hall 

 .M.C.A. Q f t j ie young Men's Christian Association. On the 

 stage sat three young Koreans wearing Phi Beta 

 Kappa pins from American colleges. Hugh Cynn, 

 who acted as translator and possessed an excellent 

 voice and manner, is a graduate of the University of 

 Southern California. The room was crowded with 

 youths, all sitting on the floor in the fashion of 

 the majority of the world's population, while a line 

 extended far out into the street. After the address 

 the chairman, also a Korean, asked me to go down 

 into the audience that a flashlight picture might be 

 taken. To me there was nothing extraordinary in the 

 request, but Bishop Harris said afterward that such 

 a meeting and such freedom of action among the 

 people would have been totally impossible before 

 the annexation. 



With the sonorous quality of the Korean language, 

 so different from the vowel-laden Japanese, I was 

 much impressed. It seemed to me, as Japanese 

 scholars themselves admit, far better suited for public 

 speaking than their own tongue. Korean words are 

 largely of one syllable, with a surprising number 

 ending in "n" or "ng," terminations which conduce 

 to resonance. 



On Sunday morning I spoke in the Methodist 

 Episcopal Chong Dong Church, Bishop Harris being 



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