Asia and Europe; studies presenting the conclusions formed by the author in a long life devoted to the subject of the relations between Asia and Europe
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- Asia and Europe; studies presenting the conclusions formed by the author in a long life devoted to the subject of the relations between Asia and Europe
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Asia and Europe; studies presenting the conclusions formed by the author in a long life devoted to the subject of the relations between Asia and Europe
Author: Townsend, Meredith White, 1831-1911
Year: 1901
Preface.--Introduction.--The influence of Europe on Asia.--Islam and Christianity in India.--Will England retain India?--The charm of Asia for Asiatics.--English and Asiatic feeling contrasted.--The reflex effect of Asiatic ideas.--The mental seclusion of India.--The great Arabian [Mahommed]--Race-hatred in Asia.--Arab courage.--Indian abstemiousness.--The Asiatic notion of justice.--The "standard of comfort" in India.--The core of Hindooism.--Cruelty in Europe and Asia.-- The variety of Indian society.--The vastness of calamities in Asia.--A typical Asiatic [Dhuleep Singh]--Aladdin's cave.--The Arabs of the desert.--Asiatic patriotism.-"Fanaticism" in the East.-- Will conquest vivify Asia?--Why Turkey lives.--Tropical colonization.--Hindoo "barbarism."--The future of the negro.--The minds of the savages.--The progress of savage races.--The contempt of Asia for Europe
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