 | Robert Philip - 1840 - 556 דפים
...in despair. " The vast consumption of Opium on this side of India," he said, " is the source of so many evils to the people, — and yet of so much gain...evils which hinder the moral improvement of China." — Retrospect, p. 318. Malacca, 1820. This was a bold appeal, although a hopeless one, at Malacca,... | |
 | Robert Philip - 1840 - 472 דפים
...in despair. " The vast consumption of opium on this side of India," he said, " is the . source of so many evils to the people, — and yet of so much gain...the merchants, — that I utterly despair of saying any thing on the subject, which will not be treated with the most sovereign contempt. I cannot but... | |
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is the . source of so many evils to the people, — and yet of so much gain to the merchants, — that I utterly despair of saying any thing on the subject, which will not be treated with the most sovereign contempt. I cannot but regard it, however,... 