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ONE OF THE WONDERS OF THE WORLD: CHINA'S GREAT WALL |
"FANATICS HAVE THEIR DREAMS" |
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| Built over two hundred years before the Christian era, and reconstructed once or twice, the Great Wall winds its way like some great snake for some 1,400 miles along the northern border of the old empire to lose itself in the west. Built as a defence against Tartar hordes, and rising supreme above all obstacles, it is so thick that two carriages can be driven abreast on its rampart | From under the hood of this Buddhist priest of Lin Yin the sombre eyes of a fanatic look forth, while his folded arms suggest, not meekness, but the resolution written in the set jaw |