The Bitter Tea of General Yen
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:03:02
Just what I did 50 years ago
with my own bride, Mary.

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Yes, it's glorious.
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And yet, I pity her.
Pity her?

:03:14
I've spent 50 years
in China,

:03:17
and there are times when I think
we're just a lot of persistent ants

:03:21
trying to move
a great mountain.

:03:23
Bishop, how can you say that?
After all that you've done?

:03:27
Yes, I do pity her.
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When I think of what
she has to face, I...

:03:33
Only last month I learned
a terrible lesson.

:03:37
I was telling the story
of the Crucifixion

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to some Mongolian tribesmen.
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Finally, l... I thought
I had touched their hearts.

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They crept closer
to my little platform,

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their eyes burning with the
wonder of their attention.

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Mongolian bandits, mind you,
listening spellbound.

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But, alas, I had misinterpreted
their interest in the story.

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The next caravan of merchants
that crossed the Gobi Desert

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was captured by them
and crucified.

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That, my friends, is China.
:04:42
Miss Davis, please.
:04:45
Come on. Miss Davis!
:04:55
You've run down
my rickshaw boy.


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