這個碩大無朋的巨人，有時忽然跳起，呵欠伸腰，我們以為他醒了，準備看他做一番偉大事業，但是過了一陣，卻看見他又坐了下來，喝了一口茶，燃起煙袋，打個呵欠，又朦朧地睡著了...
The titan occasionally bounces up and gives a yawn, making people around think that he’s about to wake up and ready for some great deeds. However, a little while later, he’s seen sitting down, taking a sip, smoking from a tobacco pouch, and then fall asleep again…

Complete isolation was the prime condition of the preservation of Old China. That isolation having come to a violent end by the medium of England, dissolution must follow as surely as that of any mummy carefully preserved in a hermetically sealed coffin, whenever it is brought into contact with the open air.