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Li Hung-chang was appointed envoy, chiefly because of his great influence over the government, and the respect in which he was held by the people. We all know how he went, how he was shot in the face by a Japanese fanatic, the ball lodging under the left eye, where it remained a memento which he carried to the grave. We all know how he recovered from the wound, and how because of his sufferings he was able to negotiate a better treaty than he could otherwise have done. Then he returned home, and only
gpt
says Colonel Denby, for
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Bismarck of the East, but when he returned to Peking, for no reason but jealousy,