Got no time for the corner boys / Down in the street making all that noise.

Our organization secures the greatest amount of good unbalanced by accomplished evil of any known system, a good which resembles the sober hue of massive gold, rather than the splendid dazzlings of a baser metal.

The population of Chefoo is about thirty-three thousand, of whom about six hundred are foreigners. Its trade is principally in beans and beancake, of which enormous quantities are sent to the southern ports of China.

The pavements were turned into tree-lined, fountained boulevards; which boulevards are enlivened by jazz bands and lasers, lined by new cafes and bars, ur-cool by any standards; […]