Page 122 of 149 CHAPTER XXII. - The Adventures Of A Special Correspondent

"Is it of any real use, this wall of China?" asked Major Noltitz.

"To the Chinese, I do not know," said I; "but certainly it is to our political orators for purposes of comparison, when discussing treaties of commerce. Without it, what would become of the eloquence of our legislators?"

		I rather a madness that gets me excited than a truth which flattens me. Christoph Wieland