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twenty�察�if his imagination have taken on a more critical form�察�for this latter 

half of the nineteenth century is perhaps the most imaginative period the 

world's history has ever known。              While with one hand we are contriving 

means   of   transit   for   our   ideas�察  �and   even   our   very   voices�察  �compared   to 

which   Puck's   girdle   is   anything   but   talismanic�察  �with   the   other   we   are 

stretching out to grasp the action of mind on mind�察�pushing our way into 

the very realm of mind itself。 

     History   tells   the   same   story   in    detail�察  �for   the   history   of  mankind�察�

imperfectly as we know it�察�discloses the fact that imagination�察�and not the 

power  of   observation   nor   the  kindred   capability  of   perception�察 �has   been 

the cause of soul´evolution。 

     The savage is but little of an imaginative being。                 We are tempted�察�at 

times�察�to imagine him more so than he is�察�for his fanciful folk´lore。                      The 

proof of   which overestimation   is that   we find no difficulty  in   imagining 

what   he   does�察  �and   even   of   imagining   what   he   probably   imagined�察  �and 

finding     our    suppositions      verified    by   discovery。      Yet    his   powers     of 

observation may be marvellously developed。                  The North American Indian 

tracks his foe through the forest by signs unrecognizable to a white man�察�

and he reasons most astutely upon them�察�and still that very man turns out 

to be a mere child when put before problems a trifle out of his beaten path。 

And all because his forefathers had not the power to imagine something 

beyond      what    they    actually    saw。    The     very    essence    of   the   force   of 

imagination lies in its ability to change a man's habitat for him。 Without it�察�

man would forever have remained�察�not a mollusk�察�to be sure�察�but an animal 

simply。      A   plant    cannot    change     its  place�察  �an   animal    cannot    alter   its 

conditions of existence except within very narrow bounds�察�man is free in 

the sense nothing else in the world is。 



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     What      is  true   of   individuals     has   been    true    of  races。     The     most 

imaginative races have proved the greatest factors in the world's advance。 

     Now   after   this   look   at   our   own   side   of   the   world�察  �let   us   turn   to   the 

other�察�for it is this very psychological fact that mental progression implies 

an   ever´increasing   individualization�察  �and   that   imagination   is   the   force   at 

work   in   the   process   which   Far   Eastern   civilization�察  �taken   in   connection 

with   our   own�察  �reveals。      In   doing   this�察  �it   explains   incidentally   its   own 

seeming   anomalies�察  �the   most   unaccountable   of   which�察  �apparently�察  �is   its 

existence。 

     We have seen how impressively impersonal the Far East is。                         Now if 

individuality be the natural measure of the height of civilization which a 

nation     has   reached�察   �impersonality       should    betoken     a  relatively    laggard 

position   in   the   race。    We   ought�察  �therefore�察  �to   find   among   these   people 

certain     other   characteristics     corroborative      of   a  less   advanced      state  of 

development。         In the first place�察�if imagination be the impulse of which 

increase in individuality is the resulting motion�察�that quality should be at a 

minimum there。 The Far Orientals ought to be a particularly unimaginative 

set of people。 Such is precisely what they are。                 Their lack of imagination 

is   a   well´recognized   fact。      All   who   have   been   brought   in   contact   with 

them have observed   it�察�merchants as   strikingly as students。                   Indeed�察 �the 

slightest   intercourse   with   them   could   not   fail   to   make   it   evident。   Their 

matter´of´fact   way  of   looking   at   things   is   truly  distressing�察  �coming   as   it 

does from so artistic a people。 One notices it all the more for the shock。 

To get a prosaic answer from a man whose appearance and surroundings 

betoken better things is not calculated to dull that answer's effect。                   Aston�察�

in a pamphlet on the Altaic tongues�察�cites an instance which is so much to 

the   point   that   I   venture   to   repeat   it   here。 He   was   a   true   Chinaman�察  �he 

says�察�who�察�when his English master asked him what he thought of 

          ;That     orbed    maiden            With     white    fires   laden          Whom 

mortals call the moon�察─�

     replied�察 �My thinkee all same lamp pidgin; ��pidgin meaning thing in 

the mongrel speech�察�Chinese in form and English in diction�察�which goes 

by the name of pidgin English��。 

     Their   own   tongues   show   the   same   prosaic   character�察  �picturesque   as 



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they appear to us at first sight。          That effect is due simply to the novelty to 

us    of  their   expressions。      To    talk   of  a  pass    as  an   ;up´down;       has    a 

refreshing turn to our unused ear�察�but it is a much more descriptive than 

imaginative       figure    of  speech。      Nor     is  the  phrase     ;the   being    ��so��   is 

difficult�察─�in place of ;thank you�察─�a surprisingly beautiful bit of imagery�察�

delightful   as   it   sounds   for   a   change。   Our   own   tongue   has�察  �in   its   daily 

vocabulary�察�far more suggestive expressions�察�only familiarity has rendered 

us callous to their use。         We employ at every instant words which�察�could 

we but stop to think of them�察�would strike us as poetic in the ideas they 

call up。     As has been well said�察�they were once happy thoughts of some 

bright   particular   genius   bequeathed   to   posterity   without   so   much   as   an 

accompanying name�察�and which proved so popular that they soon became 

but symbols themselves。 

     Their   languages   are   paralleled   by   their   whole   life。        A   lack   of   any 

fanciful ideas is one of the most salient traits of all Far Eastern races�察�if 

indeed   a   sad   dearth   of   anything   can   properly   be   spoken   of   as   salient。 

Indirectly     their   want    of   imagination      betrays    itself   in  their   every´day 

sayings      and    doings�察   �and    more    directly    in   every    branch     of  thought。 

Originality   is   not   their   strong   point。     Their   utter   ignorance   of   science 

shows this�察�and paradoxical as it may seem�察�their art�察�in spite of its merit 

and     its  universality�察    �does    the   same。     That     art   and    imagination      are 

necessarily bound together receiv
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