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ANG CHIH-TUNG,
the Viceroy of Hupeh and Hunan, occupies a unique place among the officials of China at this time. He is a man of profound scholarship, wide information, great mental energy and restless activity. He is endowed with a strong will and no little courage and daring. As a public officer he is distinguished for his loyally, his purity, and unselfish devotion to the good of the people under his jurisdiction, and to the wellbeing of the empire at large. In one respect he is looked upon as a phenomenon among the officials of his day. The love of money does not seem to be in him. He might have been one of the richest men in the empire, for his opportunities of accumulating wealth h«we been many and peculiarly favourable. As a matter of fact, he is known to be a comparatively poor
man for an official of his rank and standing. All the wealth that flows into his yamen is spent on public works and public charity. His Excellency may have his weaknesses and eccentricities, and no doubt he has, but 3£ making all due allowances for these, ^*r^ it mu
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