When e ancestors
Illustration★★★Stanley Jones was shown a beheading block in Canton, China, he said to his Chinese guide: “But you terity! You will never know how much don’t do this now, do you?” “Oh, no,” it cost the present generation to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use of it. If you do not, I the guide answered, “we a republic now; we hang ’em, the same as you.” shall repent it in heaven that I ever took half the pains to preserve it.”
The point
E. Stanley Jones notes that while execution methods change (beheading to hanging), the underlying practices persist across cultures and political systems.
Audience
Adults
Tone
Observant · Sobering
To tell aloud
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