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theme from a more intimate standpoint than that of the casual | theme from a more intimate standpoint than that of the casual | ||
tourist. | tourist. | ||
Much that is contained in this present volume is matter that has | Much that is contained in this present volume is matter that has | ||
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historical survey is a condensation from the writer's " History of | historical survey is a condensation from the writer's " History of | ||
Korea. " | Korea. " | ||
This book is a labour of love, undertaken in the days of Korea's | This book is a labour of love, undertaken in the days of Korea's | ||
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follow in the wake of ignorance everywhere, and the bettering of | follow in the wake of ignorance everywhere, and the bettering of | ||
their opportunities will bring swift betterment to their condition. | their opportunities will bring swift betterment to their condition. | ||
For aid in the compilation of this book my thanks are mainly | For aid in the compilation of this book my thanks are mainly | ||
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men who go up the mountains to monasteries to those who go | men who go up the mountains to monasteries to those who go | ||
down to the sea in ships. | down to the sea in ships. | ||
H. B. H. | H. B. H. | ||
NEW YORK, 1906. | NEW YORK, 1906. |
2023년 2월 19일 (일) 16:52 판
대한제국멸망사
Homer B. Hulbert
New York 1906
PREFACE
MANY excellent books have been written about Korea, each of them approaching the subject from a slightly different angle. In the present volume I have attempted to handle the theme from a more intimate standpoint than that of the casual tourist.
Much that is contained in this present volume is matter that has
come under the writer's personal observation or has been derived
directly from Koreans or from Korean works. Some of this matter
has already appeared in The Korea Review and elsewhere. The
historical survey is a condensation from the writer's " History of
Korea. "
This book is a labour of love, undertaken in the days of Korea's
distress, with the purpose of interesting the reading public in a
country and a people that have been frequently maligned and sel-
dom appreciated. They are overshadowed by China on the one
hand in respect of numbers, and by Japan on the other in respect
of wit. They are neither good merchants like the one nor good
fighters like the other, and yet they are far more like Anglo-Saxons
in temperament than either, and they are by far the pleasantest
people in the Far East to live amongst. Their failings are such as
follow in the wake of ignorance everywhere, and the bettering of
their opportunities will bring swift betterment to their condition.
For aid in the compilation of this book my thanks are mainly
due to a host of kindly Koreans from every class in society, from
the silk-clad yangban to the fettered criminal in prison, from the
men who go up the mountains to monasteries to those who go
down to the sea in ships.
H. B. H.
NEW YORK, 1906.