HSINGKUO county in the hilly region of southern Kiangsi province was one of China’s earliest revolutionary bases.[…] Surrounded by mountains and crossed by the Lienchiang River, Hsingkuo county lies in a beautiful natural setting.]

They bid us seize the moments as they pass— / Snatch the retrieveless sunbeam as it flies, / Nor lose one sand of life's revolving glass— […]

My rule is to give for winter a linsey suit, one shirt of best towelling, one hat, one pair of shoes, a good blanket, costing $2 to $2 50, every other year […]

All sorts of dreadful thoughts came to her all together in one horrible flash. There were such things as express trains that went on, she supposed, for hundreds of miles without stopping. Suppose this should be one of them? How would she get home again? She had no money to pay for the return journey.