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rendered necessary by the custom of ages, but | am 
inclined to think that a considerable portion springs 
from a higher and purer source, and I have no 
doubt that when the Chinese periodically visit the 
tombs of their fathers to worship and pay respect 
to their memory, they indulge in the pleasing re- 
flection, that when they themselves are no more, 
their graves will not be neglected or forgotten— 
but will also be visited by their children and grand- 
children, in whose hearts and affections they will 
live for many, many years after their bodies have 
mouldered into dust. 
Tomb of a Mandarin’s Wife. 
