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But China's independence should concern her friends in 

 the West chiefly because such independence is essential to 

 something far more important : true freedom for the Chinese 

 people. 



The dormant powers now awakening in this race and promising 

 such a future for it in the commercial and political affairs of the world 

 demand imperatively that there be set in motion, side by side with 

 this material transformation, forces far more subtle that shall bring 

 about a true renaissance of the nation by influencing profoundly the 

 intellect and the soul of the race. Only so can the Chinese people be-- 

 speedily restored to the modern world. 



