Excerpt from Observations on China and the Chinese
Journeying from one's own country into foreign lands was formerly a grave affair. The traveler set out upon his pilgrimage with many a solemn preparation, and bade farewell to all as if never to return. Such has been the improvement in the construction of vessels and in the art of navigation since the commencement of the present century, that now the traveler leaves home with almost as little preparation or ceremony as if taking a drive to some neighboring town. He pays his passage money, takes his ticket, and steps aboard of the ship that is to carry him over thousands of miles of water, with the same vivacity that he would go to a fair, picnic, or fashionable Spa. Neither the storm-clouds over a soundless sea, nor an angry ocean, create terror.
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