That whole history presents a record of heroism which has been better appreciated in other countries than it has in our own. From those who managed the defense of the foreigners (and I believe the main part of it was in the hands of the American minister) to the humblest Chinese subject who. at the risk of life and his standing with his own people. came to the help of the imperiled legations. every one of them is entitled to the gratitude and good will of the civilized world. They earned it. and long after these debates about Chinese exclusion shall have passed from the public mind there will be throughout the Christian world a generous and universal recognition of the heroism of the American minister and those who were associated with him. including citizens and subjects of China. in the defense of the lives and the property of strangers in the Chinese capital.
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