SUN YAT SEN AND THE CHINESE REPUBLIC
public. There was hardly a Cantonese abroad that did not support his cause.
Mutual help and coöperation are habits with them, and the result is seen in the prosperity of Cantonese merchants all over the world, the principal department-stores here in Shanghai being developed and run by Cantonese capital and managers.
Thus it would seem that Sun was very fortunate in being born a Cantonese, for his political activity could find a greater support in Canton than in many other parts of China. The Cantonese were rich and progressive, and from the broadening influence of their migrations to America they had taken on a certain push of political temperament that only needed the leverage of Sun's leadership to put it in action. Most of the Dare-to-Dies came from Kwantung, although this is perhaps more a matter of Sun's personal leadership than otherwise.
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