The Renaissance movement of the last two decades differs from all the early movements in being a fully conscious and studied movement.
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A group of slaves will never make a liberal and progressive country such a country can be made up only of independent-minded and free-thinking people.Hu Shih
After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish contacts with the young intellectuals of the country.
Hu Shih
On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now on I resolved to write no more poems in the classical language, and to begin my experiments in writing poetry in the so-called vulgar tongue of the people.
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It is true that the Chinese are not so religious as the Hindus, or even as the Japanese; and they are certainly not so religious as the Christian missionaries desire them to be.
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And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.
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