It is only through contact and comparison that the relative value or worthlessness of the various cultural elements can be clearly and critically seen and understood.

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On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now...

On July 26, 1916, I announced to all my friends in America that from now...

What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another; and what is despised...

What is sacred among one people may be ridiculous in another; and what is despised...

Within my own life, I read all the beloved novels by lamps of vegetable oil;...

Within my own life, I read all the beloved novels by lamps of vegetable oil;...

No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience,...

No student of Chinese history can say that the Chinese are incapable of religious experience,...

Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further...

Another important historical factor is the fact that this already very simple religion was further...

Practically all the prominent leaders of thought in China today are openly agnostics and even...

Practically all the prominent leaders of thought in China today are openly agnostics and even...

After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish...

After learning the language and culture of the Chinese people, these Jesuits began to establish...

It is true that the Chinese are not so religious as the Hindus, or even...

It is true that the Chinese are not so religious as the Hindus, or even...

India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a...

India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a...

For all the social changes in China can be traced to their early beginnings in...

For all the social changes in China can be traced to their early beginnings in...

The Chinese people, too, went through all kinds of vicissitudes in their religious development.

The Chinese people, too, went through all kinds of vicissitudes in their religious development.

But I wish to point out that it is entirely wrong to say that the...

But I wish to point out that it is entirely wrong to say that the...

Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic.

Confucius was a humanist and an agnostic.

India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a...

India Conquered and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a...

Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief...

Life and human society are the chief concern of Confucianism and, through it, the chief...

In such diffused changes of culture two factors are necessary: contact and understanding.

In such diffused changes of culture two factors are necessary: contact and understanding.

On the basis of biological, sociological, and historical knowledge, we should recognize that the individual...

On the basis of biological, sociological, and historical knowledge, we should recognize that the individual...

Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can...

Only when we realize that there is no eternal, unchanging truth or absolute truth can...

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.

And revolutions always mean the breakdown of old authority.

In the year 1915 a series of trivial incidents led some Chinese students in Cornell...

In the year 1915 a series of trivial incidents led some Chinese students in Cornell...