This submission to insult is the more extraordinary for being practised by Christian nations, which, in their intercourse with one another, push the principle of equality and reciprocity to the minutest punctilios of form.
Quincy highlights the contradiction of Christian nations accepting humiliation in their dealings with China, contrasting it with their treatment of each other.
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