Proceedings of the Annual Meeting (Volume 23-25) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905. Excerpt: ... long sleep and take her place with the nations of the earth. That is true in all history, and I believe it will be true in the long run in those two nations, that the country whose populace, whose people, have the most stability of character, will eventually reflect that character and those attributes in their government. That was true in old Rome. She withstood all of the wickedness of her rulers for more than two hundred years; as long as her people remained true; there were the cruelties of Caligula, the wickedness of the Neros, but as long as her legions were brave and her people virtuous she flourished, notwithstanding the impotence and the wickedness of her rulers. And she only fell when the people of Rome allowed civic virtue to decay. The characteristics reflected in the people who live there in Hawaii from those two great empires, China and Japan, tell a story which it is impossible to refute. I believe that of the two the Chinese are more desirable for entrance into the United States than the Japanese. I do not know whether that sentiment meets with the approval of anyone here or not, but it is my view of the case. They intermarry there with the utmost freedom. The Hawaiian people intermarry with the Chinese, the Russians, the English, the Germans, the Scotch, and the Americans. I am not a student of sociology, but I believe it would be a most interesting question, worthy of a good deal of attention and study, what is or will be the effect, of such promiscuity in marriages among peoples of different climes and nations and races. That is one of the striking features in Hawaiian life which cannot fail to attract attention and is worthy of notice. The Hawaiians are a waning race, as I have said. One could not help but notice--it was almost pathetic...