...than the offspring of a man of Genius, whose writings will instruct or delight the latest posterity. The family of Confucius is, in my opinion, the most...Princes of Europe are lost in the darkness of the middle age; but in the vast equality of the Empire of China, the posterity of Confucius has maintained above...

...The family o/ Confucius is, in my opinion, the moil Üluilrious in the world. After a painful afcent of eight or ten centuries, our barons and princes of Europe are loil in the darkneis of the middle ages ; but, in the vart equality of the empire of China, the polterity...