Chinese and Arabian Literature - E. Wilson - The Search For Mecca

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THE ANALECTS
especially to the narrow scope of his scheme, which has become
crystallized in the habits, usages, and customs of the people.
Especially has it been instrumental in consolidating the empire,
and in strengthening the power of the monarch, who, as he
every year burns incense in the red-walled temple at Pekin,
utters sincerely the invocation : " Great art thou, O perfect
Sage ! Thy virtue is full, thy doctrine complete. Among
mortal men there has not been thine equal. All kings honor
thee. Thy statutes and laws have come gloriously down.
Thou art the pattern in this imperial school. Reverently have
the sacrificial vessels been set out. Full of awe, we sound our
drums and bells."
E. W.