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Jonathan D. Spence

“The written word has its limits and its challenges, for the primal sound in the whole world is that made by the human voice, and the likeness of this human voice must be rendered in dots and strokes...Yet I never forget that the voice, too, is important...Don't mumble or hesitate. Speak...in a loud voice, clearly, and without fear.”

Jonathan D. Spence, Emperor of China: Self-portrait of K'ang-Hsi: Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi
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Emperor of China: Self-portrait of K'ang-Hsi: Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi Emperor of China: Self-portrait of K'ang-Hsi: Self-Portrait of K'ang-Hsi by Kangxi
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