He was given three days to reconsider himself, and the Head of the establishment, after some telegraphings, said that it was a most unusual step […]

The genesis of the Chinese bronze mirror can be traced far back into the Chou dynasty. Some pieces that may possibly date from the eighth century B.C., but certainly predate the year 655 B.C., were unearthed in 1956-1957 at Shang-ts’ung-ling near San-men-hsia in western Honan Province.

This condition of muscle, this fusion of a number of simple spasms into an apparently smooth, continuous effort, is known as tetanus, or tetanic contraction.

Even the famous missionary-linguist J.G. Christaller could not break away from the spell of this 'priestcraft'-theory.