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Excerpt from British Opium Policy and Its Results to India and ChinaA word or two may be permitted here in explana tion of the author's dislike to the opium monopoly. An able writer in the Contemporary Review (feb, 187 6) urges that the wickedness lies, not in raising money from opium by monopoly rather than by tax, but in encouraging the production of Opium, and in compelling the Chinese to admit the opium thus pro duced. The author admits th...

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve ...

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Excerpt from Knowledge, Belief and Certitude: An Inquiry Into ConclusionsWish the reader to know that he has in his hands the record, as well as the results, of a genuine inquiry. When years ago I wrote the first part of this book I had no foresight of the conclusions which after wards emerged. At that time it seemed to me not unlikely that no conclusion would be reached except that nothing can be known about knowledge. The work has since then...

Excerpt from The Quakers: A Study, Historical and CriticalIn 1872 the writer of this book returned in broken health from a second period of missionary labour in China. Two years later some members of the Society of Friends invited him to become secretary of a Committee formed to agitate for the suppression of the Opium Trade between India and China. At this time he was totally ignorant of the history and religious belief of the Friends, unless...

This book, from the series Primary Sources: Historical Books of the World (Asia and Far East Collection), represents an important historical artifact on Asian history and culture. Its contents come from the legions of academic literature and research on the subject produced over the last several hundred years. Covered within is a discussion drawn from many areas of study and research on the subject. From analyses of the varied geography that e...

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Excerpt from British Opium Policy and Its Results to India and China A word or two may be permitted here in explana tion of the author's dislike to the opium monopoly. An able writer in the Contemporary Review (feb, 187 6) urges that the wickedness lies, not in raising money from opium by monopoly rather than by tax, but in encouraging the production of Opium, and in compelling the Chinese to admit the opium thus pro duced. The author admits ...

Excerpt from Knowledge, Belief and Certitude: An Inquiry Into Conclusions I wish the reader to know that he has in his hands the record, as well as the results, of a genuine inquiry. When years ago I wrote the first part of this book I had no foresight of the conclusions which afterwards emerged. At that time it seemed to me not unlikely that no conclusion would be reached except that nothing can be known about knowledge. The work has since t...

Excerpt from The Quakers: A Study, Historical and Critical In 1872 the writer of this book returned in broken health from a second period of missionary labour in China. Two years later some members of the Society of Friends invited him to become secretary of a Committee formed to agitate for the suppression of the Opium Trade between India and China. At this time he was totally ignorant of the history and religious belief of the Friends, unle...

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