The Jesuits Had Learned That A Christian Mission To China Could Never Succeed If It Were Not In A Position To Show And Convince The Chinese Intelligentsia Of The Superiority Of The European Culture. - SearchQuotes

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The Jesuits had learned that a Christian mission to China could never succeed if it were not in a position to show and convince the Chinese intelligentsia of the superiority of the European culture.

Hu Shih

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