Quotes from Problems of the Far East: Japan–Korea–China — George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston
1859–1925
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Such is the street life of Peking, a phantasmagoria of excruciating incident, too bewildering to grasp, too aggressive to acquiesce in, too absorbing to escape.
Problems of the Far East: Japan–Korea–China (1894)
Placed at a maritime coign of vantage upon the flank of Asia, precisely analogous to that occupied by Great Britain on the flank of Europe, exercising a powerful influence over the adjoining continent, but not necessarily involved in its responsibilities, she [Japan] sets before herself the supreme ambition of becoming, on a smaller scale, the Britain of the Far East.
Problems of the Far East: Japan–Korea–China (1894)