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“The dervish and the offensive stranger” (Publication, 1902)

Year

1902

Text

Type

Publication

Contributors (1)

Twain, Mark  (Florida, Missouri 1835-1910 Redding, Conn.) : Schriftsteller

Subjects

Literature : Occident : United States of America : Prose

Chronology Entries (1)

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1 1902 Twain, Mark. The dervish and the offensive stranger [ID D29370].
The Offensive Stranger: Take yet one more instance. With the best intentions the missionary has been laboring in China for eighty years.
The Dervish: The evil result is
The Offensive Stranger: That nearly a hundred thousand Chinamen have acquired our Civilization.
The Dervish: And the good result is
The Offensive Stranger: That by the compassion
of God four hundred millions have escaped it.