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would kill for the gold. Ah! this emigrant told me a story that I have remembered all my life," went on Sun Yat Sen. "The emigrant declared that he always carried his gold in two parts; one very lightly concealed, so that when the highwaymen found it they would take it and go their way; while the other part, more deftly concealed, the emigrant would still have for himself. In our little Choy Hung this tale greatly interested us, for we, too, knew what pirates were. What impressed us most was the lesson that it pays to divide with the other man; for, as the emigrant went on to state, some of his comrades, who wished to save their all, were killed. It seemed to me as a lad that in this give-and-take world this particular emigrant had developed a particular philosophy which proved of practical advantage in a number of applications."
With the waters of the Harbor of Venus and the Golden Star ever calling him to the Land of Gold and Adventure, little Sun Yat Sen from his earliest childhood was possessed by a yearning for the Overseas where he eventually planned to go; but there was an obstacle to his plans, and for years it seemed at times almost insurmountable. We shall learn what this was in subsequent sketches. As we were talking it over, I asked Sun Yat Sen:
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