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The civilized Chinaman is dignified and mannered and was so for thousands of years. Today, with the downfall of ancient codes, with everything reduced to lower mass levels, he is disappearing, and a generation steeped in vulgarity and coarseness is taking his place.

-- Notebooks Category 15: The Orient > Chapter 4 : China, Japan, Tibet > # 19